Role of questionnaire as subjective routine assessment of rehabilitation success in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

Key Points

• This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of questionnaires in assessing rehabilitation success for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
• Conducted a systematic review of existing questionnaires for LSS.
• Performed a meta-analysis to evaluate diagnostic accuracy.
• Identified and compared performance of specific questionnaires.
• Most questionnaires demonstrated moderate-to-high diagnostic accuracy.
• LSS-DST, ZCQ, and JOABPEQ were identified as the top-performing tools.