No effect of 6-month intake of glucosamine sulfate on Modic changes or high intensity zones in the lumbar spine: Sub-group analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wilkens, Philip ^a,b,c   Storheim, Kjersti ^b,c,d   Scheel, Inger ^b,e   Berg, Linda ^f,g   Espeland, Ansgar ^f,g  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Research Centre for Active Rehabilitation (NAR)   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^f HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glucosamine sulfate; High intensity zone; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Modic changes; Randomized trial; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INTENSITY ZONE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MODIC CHANGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865058975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14775751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-11-13     Document Type: Article

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