Association between preoperative magnetic resonance imaging, pain intensity and quantitative sensory testing in patients awaiting lumbar diskectomy

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-10

  Hegarty, Dominic ^a   O'Connor, Owen J ^b   Moore, Micheal ^b   O'Regan, Kevin N ^b   Shorten, George ^a   Maher, Michael M ^b  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

chronic lower back pain; lumbar diskectomy; magnetic resonance imaging; neuroplasticity; quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION THRESHOLD; PAIN SENSORY THRESHOLD; PAIN THRESHOLD; PFIRRMANN GRADING SYSTEM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; RADICULAR PAIN; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952609663     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02222.x     Document Type: Article

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