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. 2015 Sep;59(3):216–225.

Table 1.

Clinical history and concurrent conditions

Diagnosis Health History and Current Status
Spinal conditions
  • Lumbar disc degeneration (Figure 1)

  • Lumbar central canal stenosis

  • L4-S1 bilateral neural foraminal stenosis

  • 21° left lumbar curvature (Figure 2)

Activities of daily living impairments
  • Reduced ability to stand and walk with limitations reported in ability to shop, cook, clean and garden

  • Timed get up go test averaged 11.63 seconds (independent mobility); patient had shooting pain into left thigh with test

  • Exercise avoidance due to pain reported with movement

  • Positional sleep interruption resulting in fatigue

  • Increased bed rest for pain relief

Tobacco dependence
  • Current cigarette smoker reporting 1.5–2 packs/day

  • 60–90 pack-year history over 45 years

  • Self-reported use of tobacco as coping mechanism for back pain

Obesity
  • History of bariatric surgery (Figure 2)

  • Body Mass index = 33.1 (Height 164.08 centimeters, Weight 88.90 kilograms)

Mental health conditions
  • Self-reported history of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Self-reported current life and family stressors

  • Previously treated with supportive therapy and medication

  • Currently not receiving any mental health care

Benign positional vertigo
  • Self-reported fall 3 years ago due to vertigo symptoms

  • Symptoms recurrent but milder than at onset

Cardiovascular conditions
  • Hypertension medically managed with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/diuretic

  • Blood pressure 132/75

  • Abdominal aortic calcification (Figure 1)