The Ability of Computed Tomography to Identify a Painful Zygapophysial Joint in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
SpinePublished 1 April 1995
Anthony C. Schwarzer, Shih-chang Wang, D O'Driscoll, Timothy Harrington, Nikolai Bogduk, R Laurent
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Computed tomography has no place in the diagnosis of lumbar zygapophysial joint pain and the results of a repeat assessment with two radiologists showed no statistically significant difference in joint scores between those with and those without pain originating from the zygapsial joint.
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Computed tomography has no place in the diagnosis of lumbar zygapophysial joint pain.
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Medicine