TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Spine Problems A1 - Luke, Anthony A1 - Ma, C. Benjamin A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2023 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 AB - Key Clinical Updates in Spine ProblemsHeat treatments have shown to have short-term benefits for acute low back pain.There is good evidence that spinal manipulation and acupuncture provide short-term improvement compared with usual care alone.Intra-articular steroid injections and cooled radiofrequency ablation of the sacral lateral branch nerves and dorsal ramus of L5 can be considered for patients with persistent sacroiliac joint pain. There is fair evidence that thermal radiofrequency ablation of the facet joints improves pain for at least 6 months.Kreiner DS et al. Spine J. [PMID: 32333996] SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193140690 ER -