Correlation of size and type of modic types 1 and 2 lesions with clinical symptoms: A descriptive study in a subgroup of patients with chronic low back pain on the basis of a university hospital patient sample

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-139

  Kääpä, Eeva ^a   Luoma, Katariina ^a   Pitkäniemi, Janne ^b   Kerttula, Liisa ^a   Grönblad, Mats ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

endplate; low back pain; Modic; subchondral signal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855470108     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182188a90     Document Type: Article

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