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Lumbar Facet Pain: Therapy [Clinical Review Discussion]
Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:41 AM
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The difficulties of arriving at an accurate diagnosis for lumbar facet mediated pain (LFMP) were previously described in the diagnosis section of this monograph. These difficulties lead to critical shortcomings in the process of determining the best course of treatment available. Very few studies, if any, relating to conservative care have provided the method used to arrive at an accurate diagnosis. An example of this weakness is found in a 2003 study on the diagnostic profiles of 1018 patients. Although lesions of the vertebral facet constituted 47% of the diagnoses, diagnostic procedures were not reported in this study (1). One must be sure an accurate diagnosis was made when one is evaluating the efficacy of a therapy. Consequently, all studies on conservative treatments were given C ratings due to this shortcoming.
Full Clinical Review - Lumbar Facet Pain: Therapy Please use this thread to discuss this clinical review
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