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Establishing an Optimal “Cutoff” Threshold for Diagnostic Lumbar Facet Blocks

Steven P. Cohen, Scott A. Strassels, Connie Kurihara, Scott Griffith, Brandon J. Goff, Kevin B. Guthmiller, Hieu T Hoang, Benny Morlando, Conner Nguyen

Clinical Journal of Pain · 2012 · 50 citations · 47 references

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Employing more stringent selection criteria for lumbar facet RF is likely to result in withholding a beneficial procedure from a substantial number of patients, without improving success rates.

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Clinical importance of changes in chronic pain intensity measured on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale

John T. Farrar, James P. Young, Linda LaMoreaux et al. · Pain · 2001 · 5.5K citations

Pain Therapy, Pain Medicine, Neuropathic Pain +18

Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations

Robert H. Dworkin, Dennis C. Turk, Kathleen W. Wyrwich et al. · Journal of Pain · 2007 · 3.2K citations

Immpact Recommendations, Pain Research, Pain Therapy +12

Chapter 4European guidelinesfor the management of chronicnonspecific low back pain

Olavi Airaksinen, Jens Ivar Brox, Christine Cedraschi et al. · European Spine Journal · 2006 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity measured on a numerical rating scale

Fausto Salaffi, Andrea Stancati, Carlo Alberto Silvestri et al. · European Journal of Pain · 2003 · 1.6K citations

Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation

James N. Weinstein, Tor D. Tosteson, Jon D. Lurie et al. · JAMA · 2006 · 1.1K citations · Full text