Is it useful to repeat sacroiliac joint provocative tests post-block?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1774-1776

  Stanford, Gordon ^a   Burnham, Robert S ^a,b  

^a Central Alberta Pain and Rehabilitation Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back Pain; Sacroiliac Joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650107964     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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