Ensayos clínicos

Inclusion Criteria 

• Male or female patient
• 50-100 years of age
• Has clinically suspected facetogenic low back pain
• Must be considered to have at least a 60% chance of having facet joints as the major source of low back pain based on overall clinical impression
• Will undergo a standardized clinical exam by an experienced physical medicine and rehabilitation clinician to confirm clinical suspicion of axial low back pain
• Either unilateral or bilateral axial low back pain

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy
• Prior lumbar back surgery
• History of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm or other postoperative change likely to introduce imaging artifact to the lumbar spine
• Suspected spine infection
• Known osseous metastatic or other osseous malignancy
• Facet joint percutaneous treatment within the past 2 months
• History of major lumbar spine trauma
• Inability to provide own consent
• Claustrophobia, cardiac pacemaker/wires in place, any absolute contraindication to MRI
• Impaired renal function indicated by a GFR less than 30
• Gadolinium allergy
• Highly radiosensitive medical conditions
• Unable to lay quietly for 60 minutes of imaging