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Table 4 The correlations between severity of stenosis and pre-operative clinical parameters

From: The reliability, correlation with clinical symptoms and surgical outcomes of dural sac cross-sectional area, nerve root sedimentation sign and morphological grade for lumbar spinal stenosis

 

r

P

Dural Cross Sectional Area versus

 VAS of Leg Pain

-0.14

0.04

 VAS of Low Back Pain

-0.01

0.91

 ODI

-0.17

0.02

 Claudication

-0.19

0.01

Morphological Grade versus

 VAS of Leg Pain

0.19

0.01

 VAS of Low Back Pain

-0.09

0.20

 ODI

0.09

0.20

 Claudication

0.27

 < 0.01

Nerve Root Sedimentation Sign versus

 VAS of Leg Pain

0.08

0.28

 VAS of Low Back Pain

0.07

0.31

 ODI

0.23

 < 0.01

 Claudication

0.02

0.83

  1. VAS Visual Analog Scale, ODI Oswestry Disability Index