title: Lumbar spinal stenosis in older adults: current understanding and future directions.
abstract: Lumbar spinal stenosis is a common cause of low back pain in the elderly. Surgical and nonsurgical treatments have been used with varying success. This article aims to characterize the growing unmet need for the treatment of neurogenic intermittent claudication in the elderly population with lumbar spinal stenosis and reviews the current understanding of this condition with an eye toward framing a research agenda for nonsurgical treatments.
authors.affiliation: Neuromedicine Pain Management Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Neurosurgery, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 670, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. john_markman@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Markman
authors.forename: Kristina G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Gaud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008875:Middle Aged; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*