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Back pain other diagnostic studies
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Other diagnostic studies for back pain include electromyography, nerve conduction studies, somatosensory evoked potentials, and/or diagnostics injections.
Other Diagnostic Studies
Other Diagnostic Studies
- Electromyography detects muscular electrical activity.[1]
- Nerve conduction studies (NCS) is used to detect nerve conduction. Any slowdown noticed could indicate nerve dysfunction.[2]
- Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) may be ordered of spinal cord dysfunction is suspected.[3]
- Diagnostics injections are used to identify the source of pain. This process uses an anesthetic agent, complete pain relief after the injection identifies the source of the pain and partial pain relief means an additional source is causing the pain.[4]
References
References
- β LinsiΕski P (2000). “Surface EMG in chronic low back pain”. Eur Spine J. 9 (6): 559β62. doi:10.1007/s005860000131. PMCΒ 3611419. PMIDΒ 11189927.
- β Ghugare B, Das P, Ghate J, Patond K, Koranne M, Singh R (2010). “Assessment of nerve conduction in evaluation of radiculopathy among chronic low back pain patients without clinical neurodeficit”. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 54 (1): 63β8. PMIDΒ 21046922.
- β Liu X, Konno S, Miyamoto M, Gembun Y, Horiguchi G, Ito H (2009). “Clinical usefulness of assessing lumbar somatosensory evoked potentials in lumbar spinal stenosis. Clinical article”. J Neurosurg Spine. 11 (1): 71β8. doi:10.3171/2009.3.SPINE08513. PMIDΒ 19569944.
- β White AH (1983). “Injection techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain”. Orthop Clin North Am. 14 (3): 553β67. PMIDΒ 6223258.
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