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1 Aging Spine: AGING PROCESS Osteopenia 10% of 50 year old males and 25% of 50 year females Disc dehydration Facet degeneration Soft tissue hypertrophy 2 0 deformity Leg pain worse than back pain from nerve root compression SPINAL STENOSIS 20% have concurrent PVD Causes o Bone OA of facets or vertebra Spondylolisthesis neoplasia o Soft tissues Ligamentum flavum hypertrophy Facet cysts Infections Iatrogenic from surgery o Discs Dehydration and decrease height Prolapse less likely in elderly as discs are stiffer o DISH diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Spinal calcifications Neurogenic claudication vs vascular Neurogenic claudication Vascular claudication Numbness + - Bladder 12% - Pain in legs Leg give way Progressive with exercise Standing pain present relieved Walking uphill pain Decreases pain Increases pain Sexual + -/+ Myelopathy o Can occur concurrently with spinal stenosis
2 o Ask about numbness in upper limbs! o UMN signs Natural Hx o 70% stay the same o 15% get better o 15% get worse Examination o Decrease lordosis o Weakness LMN signs o Absent ankle reflex in 50% (although this is absent in 20% of pop anyway) Imaging o MRI o If spondylolisthesis try flexion and extension views to see how unstable Mx o Conservative Analgesia Activity modification Walking aids Epidural 10-15% temporary relief o Surgical Stenosis decompression 70% success INVOLVES o Undercutting Flavectomy o Laminotomy removing inferior aspect of superior lamina < 1/3 removed in order not to destabilise the facet joint o Forminotomy Fusion Instrumented ie with metal Non instrumented ie without metal Disc decompression 90% success Surgery complications o Dural tears o Infection o Epidural haematoma extreme lower back pain post op but can also develop slowly over 7-10 days o PE o Blood loss NON SPECIFIC LBP Overview o 4% of all GP consultations
3 o 90% improve at 6-8/52 o HOWEVER, ¾ still having some residual pain at 3 & 12/12 Diagnosis o Mechanical back pain (not radicular) o Arthritis o SIJ o Stenosis o Degenerative disc Non specific spinal back pain NSBP o Symptoms Back pain dominating symptom No radicular signs No red flags No deformity / inflammation (bloods) / no # / no infection / no tumour / no cauda equina o Causes Disc Spine Facets Muscle ligaments Red flags scan these o Past hx of cancer o ESR > 50 o Unwell / fever o Unexplained weight loss o Age < 16 o Known osteoporosis Pink flags when lots present also represents a red flag o Thoracic pain o Age <16 years >50 years o HIV At 6/52 what to review o Review diagnosis o Advice and education o Conservative no evidence that core stability is any better than the rest Drug Mx Exercise Manual therapy Acupuncture
4 Cognitive Process Profile (CPP) Stratifying patients by risk of chronicity o Keele et al Low risk advice Mediusm risk PT High risk psychology Spinal Stenosis: DESCRIPTION Verbiest described pain on walking / standing in back and legs in 1954 CAUSES Developmental o Short pedicles ie achondroplasia Acquired o Disc degeneration o Facet degeneration o Ligamentum flavum thickening o Osteophytes o Combination PATHOLOGY loss of sagittal balance canal decreases in diameter if extended critical diameter <14mm CLINICALLY back or leg pain on walking or standing relieved by sitting or squatting for typically >10 mins shopping trolley helps significant day to day variation lower limb fatigue / heaviness / give way 12% have bladder disturbance INVESTIGATIONS MRI CT or myelography if MRI contra-indicated DD PVD Hip OA Mx Conservative o Explanation o Analgesics o Walking aids
5 o Rucksacks for sagittal balance o Epidurals or nerve root injections Surgical o Decompressing Cauda equine Lateral recess Exit foramina o Stabilising If > grade 2 spondylolisthesis OUTCOMES 70% have good outcome 5% will regret o Nerve root damage o Cauda equine o Infections o Recurrence o 80 year olds have worse outcome Fairbank et al Spine 2002 o Mena exercise tolerance 420m o Stenosis 65m post op 200m o Thus none approach normality
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