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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural dry needling for lumbar spinal stenosis using a specially designed needle

Patient

Age (yr)

Sex

Pain Duration (months)

VAS

ODI (%)

Stenosis level

      

L2-L3

L3-L4

L4-L5

L5-S1

1

31

M

2

8

82

  

 

2

35

F

4

9

66

  

 

3

36

M

140

8

42

  

 

4

54

F

72

10

18

  

5

55

F

36

7

44

  

 

6

56

F

36

10

38

 

 

7

57

M

420

5

42

  

 

8

58

F

120

6

32

 

 

9

59

M

24

5

22

 

 

10

59

F

8

5

32

  

 

11

60

F

108

6

8

 

12

60

F

2

9

40

 

13

62

F

36

5

22

  

 

14

63

F

48

6

20

 

 

15

64

M

18

5

52

  

16

64

M

36

6

36

 

 

17

65

F

18

10

50

  

 

18

65

F

240

6

28

 

19

65

F

36

5

27

 

 

20

66

F

4

5

36

 

 

21

66

F

6

8

62

 

 

22

68

M

96

5

44

23

68

M

5

10

66

 

24

69

F

60

8

30

 

25

70

F

120

9

48

 

26

70

F

92

10

54

  

27

71

F

80

10

40

 

28

72

M

36

5

36

 

29

72

F

96

6

22

  

 

30

73

F

36

8

30

31

76

F

120

10

60

  

 

32

76

F

80

8

68

  

 

33

77

F

60

6

40

  

 

34

77

F

24

10

70

 

  1. VAS, visual analogue scale pain score; ODI, the Oswestry Disability Index score.