In episode 9 of season 8 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “The Outcome of Epidural Injections in Lumbar Radiculopathy Is Not Dependent on the Presence of Disc Herniation on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Assessment of Short-Term and Long-Term Efficacy” with Dr. Eduard Verheijen. You’ll hear him describe some background information on this topic of the effectiveness of transforaminal epidural injections contrasting those to have lumbar disc herniation versus those without, the important findings of how many show herniation and how those with herniation respond to injection versus those without herniation, the effectiveness of a second injection when the first didn’t resolve the symptoms, some future related work he’s working on, the clinical implications and big takeaways.
Season 7, Episode 3 with Jean-Philippe: Quantitative MRI to Characterize the Nucleus Pulposus Morphological and Biomechanical Variation According to Sagittal Bending Load and Radial Fissure...
In episode 3 of season 7 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Quantitative MRI to Characterize the Nucleus Pulposus Morphological and Biomechanical Variation According to Sagittal Bending Load and Radial Fissure, an ex vivo Ovine Specimen Proof-of-Concept Study” with Dr. Jean-Philippe Deneuville. He shares how this and his prior systematic review was part of his doctorate work, more specifics on the method of this lamb specimen model, the loads placed on the model, and the nuclear migration exhibited on both the intact, healthy disc and the disc with the fissure, the clinical implications, and big takeaways.
Season 6, Episode 8 with Mark Hancock: Risk factors for a recurrence of low back pain
In episode 8 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Risk factors for a recurrence of low back pain” with Dr. Mark Hancock. He explains the context of this topic and what prompted he and his coauthors to conduct and publish it, the criteria required for participants to be included, the history findings and MRI abnormalities associated with those who show a greater likelihood to have low bak pain recurrence, what he feels we should do with this information, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.
Season 6, Episode 5 with Mark Hancock: Association of Lumbar MRI Findings with Current and Future Back Pain in a Population-Based Cohort Study
In episode 5 of season 6 of Inside the Science we’re highlighting the study, “Association of Lumbar MRI Findings with Current and Future Back Pain in a Population-Based Cohort Study” with Dr. Mark Hancock. He explains the context of this topic and what prompted it what the more important data to retain from this study is, some specifics on how MRI findings were or weren’t associated current and future low back pain, some other papers which he’d also recommend on this topic, how he educates his patients on what positive MRI may or may not mean, the clinical implications and the big takeaways.