The value of spect scans in identifying back pain likely to benefit from facet joint injection

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1269-1273

  Dolan, A L ^a   Ryan, P J ^a   Arden, N K ^a   Stratton, R ^a   Wedley, J R ^a   Hamann, W ^a   Fogelman, I ^a   Gibson, T ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Imaging; Spinal pain; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LIDOCAINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030469472     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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