Acute low back pain and radiculopathy: MR imaging findings and their prognostic role and effect on outcome

Radiology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 597-604

  Modic, Michael T ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a   Ross, Jeffrey S ^a   Brant Zawadzki, Michael N ^b   Grooff, Paul N ^a   Mazanec, Daniel J ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADICULOPATHY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 27144559147     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2372041509     Document Type: Article

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