Cochrane · systematic review · CD009644
Rehabilitation following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis
McGregor, AH, Probyn, K, Cro, S, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library
Back and NeckAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
10
current version
GRADE rated
8
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 20%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 30%Moderate 5 · 50%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Rehabilitation following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis—short‐term outcomes
Population: participants with lumbar spinal stenosis
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Functional status, short term Oswestry Disability Index (ODI 0 to 100%) or Roland Morris (0 to 24) | no estimate extracted | 340 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |
Leg pain, short term Visual analog scale (VAS 0 to 100) | no estimate extracted | 340 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Low back pain, short term Visual analogue scale (VAS 0 to 100) | no estimate extracted | 340 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency |
General health, short term Visual analogue scale (VAS 100 to 0) | no estimate extracted | 238 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Adverse Events ‐ not reported | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Rehabilitation following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis—long‐term outcomes
Population: participants with lumbar spinal stenosis
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Functional status, long term Oswestry Disability Index (ODI 0 to 100%) or Roland Morris (0 to 24) | no estimate extracted | 373 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Leg pain, long term Visual analogue scale (VAS 0 to 100) | no estimate extracted | 373 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Low back pain, long term Visual analogue scale (VAS 0 to 100) | no estimate extracted | 373 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
General health, long term Visual analogue scale (VAS 100 to 0) | no estimate extracted | 273 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency |
Adverse event—not reported | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |