Imaging in mechanical back pain: Anything new?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Imaging in mechanical back pain

T2 - Anything new?

AU - Hansen, Bjarke Brandt

AU - Hansen, Philip

AU - Carrino, John A

AU - Fournier, Gilles

AU - Rasti, Zoreh

AU - Boesen, Mikael

N1 - Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

PY - 2016/8/1

Y1 - 2016/8/1

N2 - Low back pain is common and relates to a variety of overlapping pathologies. Within the last few decades, almost every medical imaging modality has been applied in the evaluation of low back pain. Imaging of the spine has a high priority in the assessment of patients with low back pain, who seem to expect such procedures to be undertaken. However, the majority of conventional imaging techniques do not have adequate precision to identify the primary source of pain. Not only can this be frustrating to both clinicians and patients, but importantly, inadequate correlation between imaging findings and symptoms hampers the ability of clinicians to devise a specific treatment plan for the patient. Therefore, there is mounting interest in new imaging techniques of the lumbar spine that may increase the clinical correlation in low back pain. In this review, we will discuss the value and limitations of various lumbar spine imaging techniques with focus on new emerging technologies.

AB - Low back pain is common and relates to a variety of overlapping pathologies. Within the last few decades, almost every medical imaging modality has been applied in the evaluation of low back pain. Imaging of the spine has a high priority in the assessment of patients with low back pain, who seem to expect such procedures to be undertaken. However, the majority of conventional imaging techniques do not have adequate precision to identify the primary source of pain. Not only can this be frustrating to both clinicians and patients, but importantly, inadequate correlation between imaging findings and symptoms hampers the ability of clinicians to devise a specific treatment plan for the patient. Therefore, there is mounting interest in new imaging techniques of the lumbar spine that may increase the clinical correlation in low back pain. In this review, we will discuss the value and limitations of various lumbar spine imaging techniques with focus on new emerging technologies.

U2 - 10.1016/j.berh.2016.08.008

DO - 10.1016/j.berh.2016.08.008

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27931967

SN - 1521-6942

VL - 30

SP - 766

EP - 785

JO - Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology

JF - Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology

IS - 4

ER -