Toward More Useful Pressure-Controlled Discography: In Vitro Evaluation of Injection Speed, Sensor Location, and Tube Length

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-44

  Choi, Woo Sung ^a   Shin, Dong A ^b   Kim, Hyoung Ihl ^a,c   Lee, Sang Heon ^d   Derby, Richard ^e   Lee, Sang Hoon ^e   Kim, Hyo Joon ^a  

^a Christian Medical Research Center   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Discogenic Pain; Discography; False Positive Rate; Injection Speed; Low back pain; Pressure Sensor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DISKOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; IN VITRO STUDY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; SENSOR; TUBE; VELOCITY;

EID: 78651254957     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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