Lumbar spine X-ray exposes people to high radiation doses. Detection rates of pathology in acute back pain are low. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of immediate referral for lumbar spine X-ray on short- and lodoi:10.1054/ebhc.2002.0494Esa-Pekka Takala...
All included patients had lumbar spine MRI scans performed at this Hospital within 3 months of the imaging-guided facet injections. No distinction was made as to whether the MRI scans were performed 3 months before or after the intervention. The natural course of MCs is a long one, and thus...
EFFECTIVENESS AND COSTEFFECTIVENESS OF REFERRAL FOR EARLY REHABILITATION AFTER LUMBAR DISCECTOMY: O97van Tulder, MauritsOosterhuis, TeddyOstelo, Raymondvan Dongen, JohannaPeul, Wilcode Boer, MichielVleggeert-Lankamp, CarmenArts, Mark