Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jul 2012
Correlation of low back pain caused by lumbar spinal stenosis and depression in women: a clinical study.
Low back pain (LBP) due to spinal stenosis may be one of the most debilitating symptoms to decrease the quality of life. The cause and effect association of LBP and depression is vague. Pain may also be a somatization symptom of depression. This is more frequent in the female population. This clinical study was designed to evaluate the correlation between the level of back pain caused by lumbar spinal stenosis and depression in the female population. ⋯ Our findings indicated a relationship between lumbar spinal stenosis associated pain levels and depression. However, the cause and result relationship still needs to be established yet.