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epidural steroid injectionLocal anesthetic blocks have limited value in diagnosing and treating chronic pain. Peripheral nerve blocks have shown some utility in treating occipital neuralgia and meralgia paresthetica. Sympathetic blocks of the upper and lower extremities can provide pain relief to facilitate...
Objective To determine if improvements in pain after epidural steroid injections (ESIs) were related to electromyographic (EMG) findings in patients with radicular symptoms and clinical findings consistent with radiculopathy. Design Retrospective chart review. Setting Multisite spine clinic. Patients Data ...
Their presence may be confirmed by an abnormal SSEP result and/or an appropriate clinical response to a diagnostic trial of treatment, that is, a well-structured physical and/or pharmacologic treatment program, including, among others, an epidural steroid injection (ESI). An abnormal SSEP result ...
Electromyography, Prediction tool, epidural, radiculopathy, pain, cervical, lumbar, lumbosacralObjectiveMinimal definitive literature identifies patients with radicular pain who would benefit most from epidural steroid injection (ESI). This study investigated if electromyographic (EMG) confirmation of ...
Objective: To determine if improvements in pain after epidural steroid injections (ESIs) were related to electromyographic (EMG) findings in patients with radicular symptoms and clinical findings consistent with radiculopathy. Design: Retrospective chart review. Setting: Multisite spine clinic. Patients: ...
Epidural steroid injectionLow back painOutcomeRadiculopathySpineTherapyThe utility of electrodiagnostic testing for spine pathologies varies based on the underlying suspected pathology. This article reviews the data on electrodiagnostic testing for common spine pathologies, with a specific focus on the ...
The Component of Electrodiagnostic Studies to Predict Outcome After Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for Lumbar Radiculopathydoi:10.1016/j.spinee.2013.07.322Jae Min KimThe Spine Journal
Marchetti J, Verma-Kurvari S, Patel N, Ohnmeiss DD. Are electro- diagnostic study findings related to a patient's response to epidural steroid injection? PM R 2010;2:1016-1020.Marchetti J, Verma-Kurvari S, Patel N, Ohnmeiss DD. Are elec- trodiagnostic study findings related to a ...