Background: Chronic axial spinal pain is one of the major causes of significant disability and
health care costs, with facet joints as one of the proven causes of pain. Objective: To provide …

Lumbar zygapophysial joint arthropathy is a challenging condition affecting up to 15% of
patients with chronic low back pain. The onset of lumbar facet joint pain is usually insidious …

Background The past two decades have witnessed a surge in the use of lumbar facet blocks
and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to treat low back pain (LBP), yet nearly all aspects of the …

Background The accuracy of diagnostic tests available in primary care to identify the disc,
sacroiliac joint, and facet joint as the source of low back pain is uncertain. Methods …

OBJECTIVES: The facet joints (FJ) can be a potentially important source of symptoms
because of the high level of mobility and load forces, especially in the lumbar area. We …

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging is widely implemented in
nuclear medicine as its clinical role in the diagnosis and management of several diseases …

Study Design. Prospective randomized study to compare the efficacy of facet joint injection
with lidocaine and facet joint injection with saline in two groups of patients with low back …

Although the existence of a “facet syndrome” had long been questioned, it is now generally
accepted as a clinical entity. Depending on the diagnostic criteria, the zygapophysial joints …

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate use of bone scintigraphy with single photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) for identification of patients with low back pain who would …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of planar
99mTc methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy compared with SPECT and SPECT …