The Influence of Pain Sensitivity on the Treatment Outcome of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Pain Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 405-412

  Kim, Ho Joong ^a   Yeom, Jin S ^a   Lee, Joon Woo ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^a   Lee, Choon Ki ^a   Lee, Gun Woo ^a   Im, Seung Bin ^a   Kim, Han Jo ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spinalstenosis; Oswestry disability index; Pain measurement; Pain sensitivity; Sciatica; Transforaminal epidural steroid injection; Visual analog pain scale

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BACK PAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL STENOSIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901695797     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12084     Document Type: Article

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