Purpose Verifying lumbar disc pain can present a clinical challenge. Low-pressure
provocative discography (PD) has served as the gold standard, although it is invasive and …

Purpose The goal of this study was to refine clinical MRS to optimize performance and then
determine whether MRS-derived biomarkers reliably identify painful discs, quantify …

Study Design. Retrospective matched cohort study. Objective. To determine if low-pressure
lumbar provocation discography (PD) results in long-term accelerated disc degeneration …

Purpose MRS was shown to reliably quantify relative levels of degenerative pain
biomarkers, differentiating painful versus non-painful discs in patients with chronic …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to calculate the positive predictive value (PPV) of
lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings for a painful disc using …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The pathophysiology underlying degenerative disc disease and
its implication in painful syndromes remain unclear. However, spine magnetic resonance …

While significant effort has been directed toward improving treatments for discogenic back
pain, relatively little has been done to improve the diagnosis of painful discs. MRI is sensitive …

Background Several methods can be used to diagnose discogenic pain, but only discoblock
can diagnose discogenic pain definitively. This study aimed to examine the usefulness of an …

Background The intervertebral disc is a common source of chronic low back pain in adults,
with a prevalence of approximately 40%[1, 2]. Patient history and physical examination …

Until the introduction of discography by Lindblom in the 1940s and 1950s, 1-3 oil-based
contrast myelography was used to diagnose intervertebral disc herniations. 4 During the era …