INFRARED THERMOGRAPHIC IMAGING, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CT SCAN AND MYELOGRAPHY IN LOW BACK PAIN
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 29 (4) , 268-273
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/29.4.268
Abstract
Sixty-five cases of chronic low back pain were studied. Infrared thermography (IRT) was abnormal in 92%, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 89%, computerized tomography (CT) in 87% and myelography in 80%. IRT correlated with MRI in 94% of cases, and with CTin 87% of cases. Of 22 MRI positive disc and root cases, 21 (95%) had significant leg abnormalities on IRT. All 19 cases with radicular involvement on CT and all 18 with radicular involvement on myelography demonstrated significant leg changes on IRT.Keywords
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