Imaging for Low Back Pain

The majority of disc herniations will regress or reabsorb within eight weeks of onset. In the absence of progressive neurologic deficits or other red flags, ...

When Is Imaging Appropriate for a Patient With Low Back Pain? - PMC

Acute low back pain, defined as pain of less than 6 weeks' duration, is a self-limited condition that does not require imaging for uncomplicated cases.

Imaging Tests for Lower Back Pain - Choosing Wisely Canada

Imaging Tests for Lower Back Pain. When you need them and when you don't. This pamphlet is also available in: French | Arabic | Punjabi | Simplified Chinese | ...

Use of Imaging Studies for Low Back Pain (LBP) - NCQA

Assesses adults 18–50 with a primary diagnosis of low back pain who did not have an imaging study (plain X-ray, MRI or CT scan) within 28 days of the ...

The Use of Imaging in Management of Patients with Low Back Pain

Advanced imaging studies, including computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are frequently ordered in the setting of ...

MRI and low back pain: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

An MRI scan creates detailed pictures of your spine. It can pick up most injuries that you have had in your spine or changes that happen with ...

ACR appropriateness criteria® low back pain

Initial imaging. Procedure. Appropriateness Category. Relative Radiation Level. MRI lumbar spine without IV contrast. Usually Appropriate. O. Radiography ...

Appropriate Use of Diagnostic Imaging in Low Back Pain - jospt

The inappropriate use of lumbar spine imaging can increase the risk of patient harm and contributes to the recent large increases in healthcare costs.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Low Back Pain: 2021 Update

One or more of the following: low-velocity trauma, osteoporosis, elderly individual, or chronic steroid use. Initial imaging. Open table in a new tab. Procedure ...

Neuroimaging in Low Back Pain - AAFP

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ... MRI has emerged as the procedure of choice for diagnostic imaging of neurologic structures related to low back pain ...

Spinal imaging recommendations - SA Health

MRI is widely considered to be the best test for most patients with lumbar disorders who require advanced imaging, although CT scan gives better definition of ...

Do not routinely offer imaging for uncomplicated low back pain

Evidence now indicates that imaging is useful only in the small subgroup of patients for whom there is suspicion of red flag conditions.

Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain: Advice for High-Value Health ...

ACP Best Practice Advice. The ACP has found strong evidence that routine imaging for low back pain by using radiography or advanced imaging ...

Evaluation of low back pain in adults - UpToDate

Outline · Radiculopathy or lumbar spinal stenosis · Cancer risk · Other patients.

Initiative to Reduce Imaging for Low Back Pain Across a Large ...

Objectives. Low back pain is a common clinical presentation that often results in expensive and unnecessary imaging that may lead to undue ...

Lumbar Spine MRI for Low Back Pain: Indications and Yield | AJR

MRI is the best approach for evaluation of spine metastases because its high soft-tissue contrast results in excellent sensitivity [70–75]. The reported ...

Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta ...

Findings ... Other outcomes did not differ significantly. Trial quality, use of different imaging methods, and duration of low-back pain did not affect the ...

Imaging for low back pain: is clinical use consistent with guidelines ...

Main findings. This review found low to moderate quality evidence that both inappropriate overuse and underuse of imaging occur in the management of LBP.

Informed appropriate imaging for low back pain management

There is strong evidence that routine imaging for LBP by using radiography or CT/MRI is not associated with a clinically meaningful benefit on patient outcomes.

Low back pain imaging - EBI - AOMRC

Imaging in low back pain should be offered if serious underlying pathology is suspected. Serious underlying pathology includes but is not limited to: cancer, ...