Table 1 Search strategy (PECOT) and search terms

Population

Adults with degenerative LSS

lumbar stenosis or spinal stenosis or canal stenosis or vertebral stenosis

Exposure

Land based exercise programs

exercise or non-operative management or conservative management or therapeutic exercise or physiotherap* or physical therap* or flexibility or range of movement or range of motion or stretching or aerobic exercise

Comparator

Decompressive surgery

surgery or surgical or laminectomy or decompression or operative management or operation

Outcome

Patient reported functional outcome measure for low back pain

As described in the study

Timeframe

Follow-up within 2-years of intervention

As described in the study