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مشرف قسم العلاج الطبيعي
spinal stenosis Q-A
Table of Contents
What Is Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Who Gets Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Structures of the Spine Are Involved? . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Causes Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What Are the Symptoms of Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How Is Spinal Stenosis Diagnosed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Who Treats Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What Are Some Nonsurgical Treatments for
Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
What Are Some Alternative Therapies for
Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When Should Surgery Be Considered
and What Is Involved? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What Are the Major Risks of Surgery? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
What Are the Long-Term Outcomes of
Surgical Treatment for Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What Research on Spinal Stenosis Is
Being Supported by the NIAMS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What Are Other Sources of Information
on Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
What Is Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Who Gets Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Structures of the Spine Are Involved? . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Causes Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What Are the Symptoms of Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How Is Spinal Stenosis Diagnosed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Who Treats Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What Are Some Nonsurgical Treatments for
Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
What Are Some Alternative Therapies for
Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
When Should Surgery Be Considered
and What Is Involved? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What Are the Major Risks of Surgery? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
What Are the Long-Term Outcomes of
Surgical Treatment for Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What Research on Spinal Stenosis Is
Being Supported by the NIAMS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What Are Other Sources of Information
on Spinal Stenosis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20