Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To systematically assess benefits and harms of
nonsurgical interventional therapies for low back and radicular pain. Summary of …

Diagnosis and treatment of lumbar discogenic pain due to internal disc disruption (IDD)
remains a challenge. It accounts for 39% of patients with low back pain. The mechanism of …

2003-05-28 Assigned to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE
reassignment REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE ASSIGNMENT OF …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) is a treatment for
discogenic low back pain the efficacy of which has not been rigorously tested. PURPOSE …

Object The current cross-sectional observational MR imaging study aimed to investigate the
prevalence and risk factors of lumbar disc degeneration in a healthy population and to …

Preliminary cadaver, animal, and human studies were performed to determine the feasibility
of axial anterior lumbosacral spine access using a percutaneous, presacral approach …

An ultrasound therapy system and method is provided that provides directional, focused
ultrasound to localized regions of tissue within body joints, such as spinal joints. An …

Study Design. Prospective, within-subjects, observational experimental design. Objectives.
To determine the pattern of pain response to noxious stimulation of the intervertebral disc …

Objective This one-year pilot outcome study was designed to investigate prospectively a
series of patients with chronic discogenic back pain who underwent intradiscal …

BACKGROUND: Appropriately developed practice guidelines present statements of best
practice based on a thorough evaluation of the evidence from published studies on the …