Open AccessIntraosseous Vertebral Body Pressures
Author(s) -
Stephen I. Esses,
Jaydeep Moro
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
spine (philadelphia, pa. 1976)/spine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 254
eISSN - 1528-1159
pISSN - 0362-2436
DOI - 10.1097/00007632-199206001-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , sitting , vertebral body , body position , low back pain , position (finance) , back pain , prone position , rachis , anatomy , surgery , orthodontics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alternative medicine , finance , pathology , economics
In an effort to determine the relationship between low-back pain and intraosseous hypertension, in vivo vertebral pressure measurements were performed on 19 patients. A cannulated screw was placed percutaneously into the middle of the vertebral body by a transpedicular route. Pressure measurements were recorded with the patient in various positions. Pressures were greatest in the sitting position, lowest in the prone position, and intermediate in the standing position. A correlation was found between intravertebral body pressure and patient position. Pressures were highest in the positions most commonly associated with low-back pain.