Color doppler ultrasonography of lumbar artery blood flow in patients with low back pain

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Espahbodi, Shima ^a   Doré, Caroline J ^b   Humphries, Keith N ^c   Hughes, Sean P F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood flow; color Doppler ultrasonography; infl ammatory hyperemia; low back pain; lumbar artery; peak systolic velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR ARTERY; LUMBAR SPINE; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874112859     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31827ecd6e     Document Type: Article

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