Do MRI findings identify patients with low back pain or sciatica who respond better to particular interventions? A systematic review

European Spine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1170-1187

  Steffens, Daniel ^a,b   Hancock, Mark J ^c   Pereira, Leani S M ^b   Kent, Peter M ^d   Latimer, Jane ^a   Maher, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Randomised controlled trial; Sciatica; Subgroup analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE, BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG COMBINATION;

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISKOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIATICA; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG COMBINATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BETAMETHASONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; SCIATICA;

EID: 84940478816     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-4195-4     Document Type: Article

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