Does type 2 diabetes affect the efficacy of therapeutic exercises for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis?

ABSTRACT:

Design

Propensity-matched retrospective study.

Objectives

To determine whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) would affect prognosis in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) who underwent therapeutic exercises.

Methods

This study included consecutive patients with or without T2D who underwent therapeutic exercises for symptomatic DLSS from December 2018 to January 2020. Baseline demographics and clinical and radiological data were collected. The 2 groups of patients were further matched in a 1:1 fashion based on the propensity score, balancing the groups on pre-treatment factors including age, sex, leg and back pain, and low back disability. The primary outcomes included self-reported leg pain intensity (Numerical Rating Scale, NRS) and low back dis

SUBMITTER: Shi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018869 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature