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Pre-treatment radiographs showed lumbar hyperlordosis (\u221249.6\u00b0, ideal is \u221240\u00b0) and anterolisthesis (14.5 mm, ideal is 0 mm). Pre-treatment patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) included a numeric rating scale (NRS) for back pain (7.3\/10, ideal is 0), urinary urgency (8\/10, ideal is 0), and SF-36 physical (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) (29.8 and 46.6, ideal is 46.8 and 52.8). Patients underwent 2\u20133 CBP\u00ae sessions per week to correct lumbar hyperlordosis and lumbar anterolistheses. (3) Results: Post-treatment radiographs showed improvements in lumbar curvature (\u221242.8\u00b0) and anterolisthesis (4.2 mm). Post-treatment PROMs showed improvements in NRS for back pain (1\/10), urinary urgency (2.3\/10), and SF-36 PCS and MCS (50.2 and 57.7). Long-term follow-up radiographs and PROMs showed maintained improvements. (4) Conclusions: This series documents the first-recorded long-term corrections of lumbar spondylolisthesis and concomitant improvements in back pain, urinary urgency, and QOL using CBP\u00ae. This series provides evidence for CBP\u00ae as a non-surgical approach to lumbar spinal rehabilitation and the possible impacts of spinal alignment on pain, urinary dysfunction, and QOL.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13072024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,31]],"date-time":"2024-03-31T13:32:56Z","timestamp":1711891976000},"page":"2024","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Improvement in Pain, Quality of Life, and Urinary Dysfunction following Correction of Lumbar Lordosis and Reduction in Lumbar Spondylolistheses Using Chiropractic BioPhysics\u00ae Structural Spinal Rehabilitation: A Case Series with &gt;1-Year Long-Term Follow-Up Exams"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Curtis A.","family":"Fedorchuk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA 30041, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cole G.","family":"Fedorchuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA 30041, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3325-7246","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Douglas F.","family":"Lightstone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA 30041, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2302","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)30725-6","article-title":"Low back pain: A major global challenge","volume":"391","author":"Clark","year":"2018","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., and Windhorst, U. 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