The transfer of disc pressure to adjacent discs in discography: A specificity problem?

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Hebelka, Hanna ^a   Gaulitz, Arne ^a   Nilsson, Andreas ^a   Holm, Sten ^a   Hansson, Tommy ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

back pain; discogenic pain; discography; fiber optic pressure transducer; intradiscal pressure; nucleus pulposus; pressure transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISKOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR DISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; BACK PAIN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYELOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 77957356456     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181dc9e0f     Document Type: Article

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