Do MRI findings identify patients with low back pain or sciatica who respond better to particular interventions? A systematic review. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine ...
“Available evidence indicates that immediate, routine lumbar spine imaging (MRI or CT) in patients with lower back pain and without features indicating a serious underlying condition did not improve outcomes compared with usual clinical care without immediate imaging.” Despite the fact that low back...
sciatica or other symptoms of radiculopathy, and 1 did not report the proportion of patients with such symptoms. In the other 4 trials, the proportion of patients with sciatica or radiculopathy ranged from 24 % to 44 %. Three trials compared immediate lumbar radiography with usual clinical care ...
Medical Encyclopedia magnetic resonance imaging n.Abbr.MRI The use of a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer to produce electronic images of specific atoms and molecular structures in solids, especially human cells, tissues, and organs. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth ...
A low back X-ray comes in at 1.5 mSv, about eight months’ worth of natural exposure. Neck X-rays and mammograms offer lower exposures, at 0.2 mSv and 0.8 mSv respectively, but these still add up over time. Assessing the Need for Imaging ...
Steffens D, Hancock MJ, Pereira LS, et al. Do MRI findings identify patients with low back pain or sciatica who respond better to particular interventions? A systematic review. Eur Spine J 2016;25:1170-87.Steffens D, Hancock MJ, Pereira LS, Kent PM, et al. (2016) Do MRI findings ...
Individuals with homogeneous HIZs had a higher risk of sciatica (OR: 1.51, p<0.05), whereas other HIZ variables were not. No significant association was observed between HIZs and back-related disability (p>0.05). Conclusions: This is the first large-scale study to note that H...
MRI offers the potential to identify possible pathoanatomic sources of low back pain (LBP) and/or sciatica; however, the clinical importance of MRI findings remains unclear. Little is known about whether lumbar MRI findings change over the short term and if so whether these changes...
Unexplained back pain and sciatica: the added value of upright dynamic MRI of the lumbar spine in cases of clinical/radiological mismatchUprightDynamicMRILumbarSpineDegenerativeDegenerative disease of the lumbar spine is one of the most prevalent pathologies worldwide, and MRI is the gold standard ...
Background Context There is often discrepancy between clinical presentation and lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of high-intensity zones (HIZs) on MRI with low back pain (LBP), sciatica, and back-related disability...