Soreness or sng: a common symptom with differential clinical impact from pain in degenerative lumbar spine diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Soreness is a common complaint in patients who receive lumbar spine surgery (LSS) for degenerative lumbar spine diseases (DLSD). However, soreness is not assessed independently and its impacts on outcomes of LSS remains largely unknown. Sng(pronounced sә-ng, ) in Chinese language is the word with the closest meaning to soreness, and Chinese-speaking people naturally use sng to describe their non-pain 'soreness' symptom. This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence and impacts of soreness or sng on outcome of LSS by introducing Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of sng on back and leg.

Materials and methods

This prospective cohort study recruited patients who receive LSS for DLSD. Participants completed the patient-reported outcome measures at 1 week before and 1

SUBMITTER: Chiu HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9872478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature