The impact of lumbar scoliosis on pain, function and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women

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dc.contributor.authorUrrutia, Julio
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, Julio
dc.contributor.authorDíaz Ledezma, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorCabello, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-12T23:10:02Z
dc.date.available2016-12-12T23:10:02Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe impact of adult scoliosis on pain, function and health-related quality of life (QOL) has not been clearly defined. A population-based study using widely applied screening tools could better reflect the impact of adult scoliosis. In this study, a visual analog pain scale assessment (VAS) for lumbar and leg pain, an Oswestry disability index (ODI) and a standard version of the Medical Outcome Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire were sent by mail to 261 women of age 50 years and older, consecutively evaluated with dual-energy radiograph absorptiometry (DXA) scan images. 138 patients (32 with lumbar curves 10A degrees or bigger) returned the questionnaires. Differences in lumbar VAS, leg VAS, ODI and SF-36 values between groups of patients with curves < 10A degrees, 10A degrees-19A degrees and a parts per thousand yen20A degrees were evaluated. Correlation analyses of the Cobb angle, age and body mass index (BMI) with VAS, ODI and SF-36 values, and multivariate regression analysis were performed. Patients with curves < 10A degrees, 10A degrees aEuro"19A degrees and a parts per thousand yen20A degrees had no significant differences in lumbar or leg VAS, ODI or SF-36 values. ODI values correlated with age and BMI; SF-36 values correlated with BMI only; lumbar and leg VAS values did not correlate with lumbar curvature, age or BMI. Regression disclosed that Cobb angle values did not influence ODI, SF-36 or VAS values. In postmenopausal women with mild and moderate lumbar curves, Cobb angle had no influence on pain, function and QOL; age and BMI had small effect.
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Spine Journal, 2011, vol. 20, n° 12, p. 2223-2227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/884
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1829-z
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectAdult scoliosis
dc.subjectPain
dc.subjectDisability
dc.subjectHealth-related quality of life
dc.titleThe impact of lumbar scoliosis on pain, function and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women
dc.typeArtículo

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