Establishing an optimal "cutoff" threshold for diagnostic lumbar facet blocks: A prospective correlational study

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 382-391

  Cohen, Steven Paul ^a,b   Strassels, Scott A ^b   Kurihara, Connie ^c   Griffith, Scott R ^d   Goff, Brandon ^e   Guthmiller, Kevin ^f   Hoang, Hieu T ^f   Morlando, Benny ^c   Nguyen, Conner ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

facet joint; low back pain; predictive value; radiofrequency; specificity; zygapophysial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCK; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY DENERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHRALGIA; BUPIVACAINE; CATHETER ABLATION; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84876402044     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31825f53bf     Document Type: Article

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