Diagnosis and Treatment The diagnosis of spinal stenosis is done by clinical evaluation in combination with imaging studies such as MRI or CT scans and, sometimes, by nerve conduction tests.

Neural foraminal stenosis causes nerve irritation and compression when the space a spinal nerve travels through narrows. Understand its symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Eligible patients were 50 years of age or older, with evidence of central lumbar spinal stenosis on imaging along with a modest or severe pain rating. Those with a history of previous lumbar spine ...