Background: Chronic axial spinal pain is one of the major causes of significant disability and
health care costs, with facet joints as one of the proven causes of pain. Objective: To provide …

Study Design. Nonsystematic review of cervical spine lesions in whiplash-associated
disorders (WAD). Objective. To describe whiplash injury models in terms of basic and …

AIM: To investigate the diagnostic validity and therapeutic value of lumbar facet joint
interventions in managing chronic low back pain. METHODS: The review process applied …

Background: Spinal zygapophysial, or facet, joints are a source of axial spinal pain and
referred pain in the extremities. Conventional clinical features and other noninvasive …

Somatic dysfunction is considered a central concept for the theory and practice of
osteopathy, but its relevance to the modern profession is questionable due to its unclear …

Study Design Controlled, repeated-measures, single-blind randomized study. Objectives To
determine the effect of cervical or thoracic manipulation on neurotensin, oxytocin, orexin A …

Objective: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is widely used to treat neuropathic pain. Burst SCS,
an alternative mode of stimulation, reduces neuropathic pain without paresthesia. However …

Study Design. Narrative review. Objective. To summarize the evidence that implicates the
cervical zygapophysial joints as the leading source of chronic neck pain after whiplash …

Purpose To define the relationship between 3D radiological features, psychological factors,
and back pain prevalence and intensity in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) …

Diagnostic facet joint nerve blocks have been utilized in the diagnosis of cervical facet joint
pain in patients without disk herniation or radicular pain due to a lack of reliable noninvasive …