Prevalence, Spinal Alignment, and Mobility of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with or without Chronic Low Back Pain: A Community-Dwelling Study
Table 5
Comparisons of spinal ROM in LSS subjects with or without CLBP.
Variables
LSS alone ()
LSS+CLBP ()
Total ()
Thoracic flex-upr ROM (°)
7.9 (4.7)
7.1 (5.9)
7.4 (5.5)
Thoracic upr-ext ROM (°)
9.1 (5.8)
10.8 (9.5)
10.2 (8.4)
Thoracic ROM (°)
17.0 (7.6)
18.0 (10.7)
17.7 (9.7)
Lumbar flex-upr ROM (°)
20.1 (12.6)
25.2 (14.4)
23.5 (13.9)
Lumbar upr-ext ROM (°)
10.7 (9.9)
8.2 (6.8)
9.1 (8.0)
Lumbar ROM (°)
30.9 (16.1)
33.4 (16.0)
32.5 (16.0)
Total flex-upr ROM (°)
28.0 (14.5)
32.3 (16.1)
30.9 (15.6)
Total upr-ext ROM (°)
19.9 (10.8)
19.0 (11.9)
19.3 (11.4)
Total ROM (°)
47.9 (18.6)
51.4 (21.6)
50.2 (20.5)
LSS: lumbar spinal stenosis; CLBP: chronic low back pain; upr: upright position; flex: flexed position; ext: extended position; ROM: range of motion. Data are presented as mean (SD).
