Open AccessNonoperative Treatment for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy: What Factors Predict Treatment Failure?
Author(s) -
Pradeep Suri,
M. Jake Carlson,
James Rainville
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-014-3677-8
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbosacral joint , odds ratio , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , low back pain , physical therapy , oswestry disability index , surgery , sciatica , confounding , lumbar , alternative medicine , pathology
Prior studies of nonoperative treatment for lumbosacral radiculopathy have identified potential predictors of treatment failure, defined by persistent pain, persistent disability, lack of recovery, or subsequent surgery. However, few predictors have been replicated, with the exception of higher leg pain intensity, as a predictor of subsequent surgery.