Is the presence of Modic changes associated with the outcomes of different treatments? A systematic critical review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jensen, Rikke K ^a,b   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a,b  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MODIC CHANGE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

DISKECTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81155158407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-183     Document Type: Review

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