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Table 2 Changes in pain catastrophizing, walking speed, pain intensity, and clinical outcomes before and after surgery

From: Walking speed is associated with postoperative pain catastrophizing in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a prospective observational study

 

Baseline (n = 94)

12 months after surgery (n = 82)

P-value

PCS

 Helplessness

10.6 ± 4.8

5.2 ± 5.0

 < 0.001

 Magnification

6.2 ± 2.9

3.6 ± 3.2

 < 0.001

 Rumination

15.9 ± 3.8

8.9 ± 6.7

 < 0.001

 Total

32.7 ± 10.2

17.7 ± 14.2

 < 0.001

Walking speed (m/s)

0.97 ± 0.27

1.16 ± 0.26

 < 0.001

NRS score for leg pain

5.7 ± 2.5

2.7 ± 2.7

 < 0.001

NRS score for back pain

5.3 ± 2.5

2.6 ± 2.5

 < 0.001

JOA score

15.4 ± 4.1

21.0 ± 5.2

 < 0.001

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. PCS Pain Catastrophizing Scale, NRS Numerical rating scale, JOA Japanese Orthopaedic Association
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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