STUDY DESIGN: Lumbar spine stenosis is a common cause of @entity615 and lower extremity @entity158 especially in @entity1 over 60-years-old. Treatment can be surgical or non-surgical. The efficacy of these treatments remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to assess the result of a medical management in a prospective study. Preliminary results are presented. @entity1 AND METHODS: @entity1 following the clinical and the radiological criteria of inclusion were included in the study. @entity158 was assessed by visual analogic scale (VAS) and Oswestry scale. Sixty @entity1 meeting inclusion criteria underwent non-surgical intervention including therapeutic exercises and 2 epidural injections. @entity1 were followed up at 3 and 6 months. RESULTS: The main score on VAS was 5.2 for @entity158 , 5.8 for @entity158 and 21/50 on the Oswestry scale. Three months later an improvement was noticed in 12 cases. Thirty-seven @entity1 remained unchanged and surgery was decided for 11 @entity1 . At 6 months an improvement was reported by 47% of the @entity1 who have been managed by conservative treatment. No predictive factor except VAS was noticed. DISCUSSION: Our results are inferior to those previously reported. Most of previous studies are retrospective and criteria of assessment are not based on functional scale as we done. The fact that the treatment management was ambulatory without supervision is probably the main explanation. CONCLUSION: Conservative treatment for @entity2649 remains a reasonable option.

[Rehabilitation treatment in XXXX . Intermediate results of a prospective study (T  lemar)].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'PATIENTS', 'people'] @entity615 :: ('MESH:D001416', 'Disease') :: ['lower back pain'] @entity2649 :: ('MESH:C563613', 'Disease') :: ['spinal lumbar stenosis'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['lumbar pain', 'Pain', 'pain', 'radicular pain']
@entity2649 :: (MESH:C563613,Disease) :: ['lumbar canal stenosis']
