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Diagnosing Discogenic Low Back Pain Associated with Degenerative Disc Disease Using a Medical Interview.


ABSTRACT:

Purposes

To evaluate the usefulness of our original five questions in a medical interview for diagnosing discogenic low back pain (LBP), and to establish a support tool for diagnosing discogenic LBP.

Materials and methods

The degenerative disc disease (DDD) group (n = 42) comprised patients diagnosed with discogenic LBP associated with DDD, on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging findings and response to analgesic discography (discoblock). The control group (n = 30) comprised patients with LBP due to a reason other than DDD. We selected patients from those who had been diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis and had undergone decompression surgery without fusion. Of them, those whose postoperative LBP was significantly decreased were included in the control group. We asked patients in both groups whether they experienced LBP after sitting too long, while standing after sitting too long, squirming in a chair after sitting too long, while washing one's face, and in the standing position with flexion. We analyzed the usefulness of our five questions for diagnosing discogenic LBP, and performed receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis to develop a diagnostic support tool.

Results

There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics, except age, between the groups. There were significant differences between the groups for all five questions. In the age-adjusted analyses, the odds ratios of LBP after sitting too long, while standing after sitting too long, squirming in a chair after sitting too long, while washing one's face, and in standing position with flexion were 10.5, 8.5, 4.0, 10.8, and 11.8, respectively. The integer scores were 11, 9, 4, 11, and 12, respectively, and the sum of the points of the five scores ranged from 0 to 47. Results of the ROC analysis were as follows: cut-off value, 31 points; area under the curve, 0.92302; sensitivity, 100%; and specificity, 71.4%.

Conclusions

All five questions were useful for diagnosing discogenic LBP. We established the scoring system as a support tool for diagnosing discogenic LBP.

SUBMITTER: Tonosu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098755 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diagnosing Discogenic Low Back Pain Associated with Degenerative Disc Disease Using a Medical Interview.

Tonosu Juichi J   Inanami Hirohiko H   Oka Hiroyuki H   Katsuhira Junji J   Takano Yuichi Y   Koga Hisashi H   Yuzawa Yohei Y   Shiboi Ryutaro R   Oshima Yasushi Y   Baba Satoshi S   Tanaka Sakae S   Matsudaira Ko K  

PloS one 20161107 11


<h4>Purposes</h4>To evaluate the usefulness of our original five questions in a medical interview for diagnosing discogenic low back pain (LBP), and to establish a support tool for diagnosing discogenic LBP.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The degenerative disc disease (DDD) group (n = 42) comprised patients diagnosed with discogenic LBP associated with DDD, on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging findings and response to analgesic discography (discoblock). The control group (n = 30) comprised p  ...[more]

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