Capacity of the clinical picture to characterize low back pain relieved by facet joint anesthesia. Proposed criteria to identify patients with painful facet joints

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1972-1977

  Revel, Michel ^a,b   Poiraudeau, Serge ^a   Auleley, Guy Robert ^a   Payan, Christine ^c   Denke, Afiwa ^a   Nguyen, Minh ^a   Chevrot, Alain ^b   Fermanian, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Facet joints; Local anesthetic; Low back pain; Outcome criteria; Prediction of success

Indexed keywords

CORTIVAZOL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LIDOCAINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032530975     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199809150-00011     Document Type: Article

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