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Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Sep 1;37(19):1702–1707. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182541955

Table 3.

Comparison of mean baseline functional health status measures for patients receiving surgical or nonsurgical treatment in MLSS and SPORT

	Atlas et al (MLSS)		Kurd et al
	Surgical (n=47-56)	Nonsurgical (n=34-41	Surgical (n=241)	Nonsurgical (n=115)
SF-36 Bodily Pain (BP)	17.4	40.3	27.5	39.4
SF-36 Physical Function (PF)	30.9	47.8	29.6	44.2
Stenosis Frequency Index (SFI)	15.7	6.7	15.4	11.7
Stenosis Bothersomeness Index (SBI)	15.8	6.7	15.8	12.3
Back Pain Bothersomeness (BPB)	4.4	2.5	4.4	3.7
Leg Pain Bothersomeness (LPB)	5.1	1.6	4.6	3.8