Ultrasound-guided sacroiliac joint injection in patients with established sacroiliitis: Precise IA injection verified by MRI scanning does not predict clinical outcome

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1479-1482

  Hartung, Wolfgang ^a   Ross, Christian J ^b   Straub, Rainer ^b   Feuerbach, Stefan ^b   Schölmerich, Jürgen ^b   Fleck, Martin ^a,b   Herold, Thomas ^b  

^a Asklepios Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intra articular injection; Sacroiliitis; Spondyloarthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTIREM; GADOLINIUM; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954707964     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep424     Document Type: Article

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