Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): A double-blind randomized clinical controlled trial of efficacy

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 697-707

  Albert, Hanne B ^a   Sorensen, Joan S ^a   Christensen, Berit Schiott ^b   Manniche, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chronic low back pain; End plate changes; LBP; Modic changes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISKITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; EFFECT SIZE; EQ 5D THERMOMETER; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; LOOSE FECES; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MODIC TYPE 1 CHANGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RMDQ SCALE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINE DISEASE; THERMOMETER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885882488     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2675-y     Document Type: Article

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