The diagnosis and treatment of sacroiliac joint abnormalities

Current Orthopaedic Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-347

  Stark, John G ^a  

^a Stark Specialty Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Diagnostic injection; Gold standard; Review articles; Sacroiliac joint; SIJ

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTHRALGIA; BAMBOO SPINE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CADAVER; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIAC JOINT INJURY; SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR;

EID: 77956843877     PISSN: 19407041     EISSN: 19417551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e3181e511f3     Document Type: Review

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