Supervised physical therapy versus unsupervised exercise for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: 1-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Supervised physical therapy produced greater improvements in symptom severity and physical function than unsupervised exercise and was associated with lower likelihood of receiving surgery within 1 year.
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Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - January 10, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Minetama M, Kawakami M, Teraguchi M, Kagotani R, Mera Y, Sumiya T, Nakagawa M, Yamamoto Y, Matsuo S, Sakon N, Nakatani T, Kitano T, Nakagawa Y Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research