Are first-time episodes of serious LBP associated with new MRI findings?

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 624-635

  Carragee, Eugene ^a   Alamin, Todd ^a   Cheng, Ivan ^a   Franklin, Thomas ^a   van den Haak, Erica ^a   Hurwitz, Eric ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular fissure; Back pain; Chronic pain; Disability; Disc degeneration; Disc herniation; High intensity zone; Minor trauma; MRI; Psychological distress; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC PAIN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STENOSIS; TELEPHONE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750514646     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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