Doctors can use MRI to examine a person’s lower spine, lumbar region ... uses radio waves and a magnetic field to produce detailed images of the inside of a body. The technology is safe because ...

The pathologic basis for discogenic low back pain might be full-thickness radial tears of the annulus fibrosus. Unfortunately, only MRI can image the internal morphology of the disc, and both CT ...

4 NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain ... with lateral hip pain were examined to evaluate the ability of clinical tests to detect MRI-determined GT (an increase in ...

Discogenic pain, with around 40% prevalence, is one of the most common forms of low back pain ... If available, an MRI examination could then be performed, as this form of imaging provides ...