The prevalence of chronic low back pain and lumbar deformities in patients with Parkinson ’s disease: implications on spinal surgery

ConclusionLBP and lumbar degeneration are common in PD. Both are related to movement disorder symptoms. The knowledge about musculoskeletal conditions in Parkinson ’s disease is important for an interdisciplinary conservative or operative treatment decision of LBP.Graphical abstractThese slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
Source: European Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research