Spinal canal stenosis: clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on spinal canal stenosis: clinical features: Pain characteristics The pain is radicular and non-cramping It is located in the buttock, thigh, or leg It is usually bilateral It develops before numbness and weakness Provoking factors Relieving factors Sensory and…

Pain characteristics

  • The pain is radicular and non-cramping
  • It is located in the buttock, thigh, or leg
  • It is usually bilateral
  • It develops before numbness and weakness

Provoking factors

Relieving factors

Sensory and autonomic symptoms

Stance and gait difficulty

References

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