The role of sacroiliac joint dysfunction in the genesis of low back pain: The obvious is not always right

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 885-888

  Weksler, Natan ^a   Velan, Gad J ^a   Semionov, Michael ^a   Gurevitch, Boris ^a   Klein, Moti ^a   Rozentsveig, Vsevolod ^a   Rudich, Tzvia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopic guided infiltration; Low back pain; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SACROILIAC JOINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT DISEASES; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35448948433     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0420-x     Document Type: Article

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