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 …

Neuropathic pain (NP) is often refractory to pharmacologic and noninterventional treatment.
On behalf of the International Association for the Study of Pain Neuropathic Pain Special …

OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional
techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. METHODOLOGY …

Persistent pain interfering with daily activities is common. Chronic pain has been defined in
many ways. Chronic pain syndrome is a separate entity from chronic pain. Chronic pain is …

Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain is an underappreciated source of mechanical low back pain,
affecting between 15 and 30% of individuals with chronic, nonradicular pain. Predisposing …

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are the most widely utilized pain management procedure
in the world, their use supported by more than 45 placebo-controlled studies and dozens of …

A number of different diseases or injuries can damage the central or peripheral nervous
system and produce neuropathic pain (NP), which seems to be more difficult to treat than …

Background: Comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in
the management of chronic spinal pain are described here to provide recommendations for …

Background. In the multimodal treatment approach to chronic back pain, interventional back
procedures are often reserved for those who do not improve after more conservative …

Background: Muscular instability is an important risk factor for lumbar spine injury and
chronic low-back pain. Although the lumbar multifidus muscle is considered an important …