Abstract: Low back pain (LBP) is a typical issue including the spinal vertebrae and back muscles. LBP might be categorized into severe (0-6 weeks), subacute (6-12 weeks), and persistent (> 12 weeks) based upon the period of disease. The aim of this study was to answer if MRI modality technique able to detect the different pathological causes of Lower Back Pain (LBP). Furthermore, we wanted to evaluate the efficiency of MRI as a diagnostic procedure that could solve many unknown causes behind persistent LBP. We performed a comprehensive search for articles describing relevant imaging findings by using MEDLINE and EMBASE. To identify studies on MRI modality imaging of diagnosis of lower back pain disorders, we searched 3 databases through October 2016: Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, and the Web of Science. Ovid MEDLINE and Ovid EMBASE use controlled vocabulary. EMBASE was searched from 1988 to 2016; and MEDLINE was searched from 1946 to 2016. MRI is the basic imaging method for spotting disc pathology due to its benefit of absence of radiation, multiplanar imaging ability, exceptional back soft-tissue contrast and exact localization of intervertebral discs changes.Lumbar disc degeneration is the most typical reason for low neck and back pain. Males are more regularly impacted to the disc degeneration than ladies. Numerous levels of the disc participation are seen per individual. Annular disc tear, disc herniation, disc extrusion, constricting of back canal, constricting of lateral recess, compression of neural foramen, facetal arthropathy and ligamentum flavum thickening prevails, disc participation and spondylolisthesis are less typical.
Keywords: Ovid MEDLINE, Low back pain (LBP), EMBASE.
Title: MRI as an Imaging Modality in Detection of Pathologies Causing Low Back Pain
Author: Abdulrahman Mazki J Alanazi, Abdulrhaman Furaih Alharbi, Humoud Owaidh Almutairi, Yasser Saleh A Alduribi, Rami M. Sharahili, Faisal Mohammed Gasmi, Khalid Mohammed Qamous
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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