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1. The prevalence of persistent low back pain secondary to
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- Evaluation of Influence of Gender, Occupational Injury, and Smoking on Chronic Low Back Pain of Facet Joint Origin: A Subgroup Analysis.
- The prevalence of persistent low back pain secondary to involvement of lumbosacral facet joints has been described in controlled studies as varying from 15% to 52% based on types of population and settings studied. ... Based on the individual results, it appears that facet joint pain may be less prevalent in patients with occupational injury and more prevalent in women and smokers. ...
- This analysis was based on a combination of the results of two previous studies with a total number of 320 patients to evaluate the influence of gender, occupational injury and smoking on prevalence of facet joint pain. Facet joints were investigated with diagnostic blocks initially using lidocaine 1%, followed by bupivacaine 0. ...
- The prevalence of facet joint pain in men was 38% (95% CI, 29% to 47%) compared to 43% (95% CI, 36% to 50%) in women; 43% (95% CI, 33% to 53%) in non-smokers, compared to 41% (95% CI, 30% to 52%) in heavy smokers; and 28% (95% CI, 18% to 38%) in occupational injury patients compared to 44% (95% CI, 36% to 52%) with a history of gradual onset. ...
- In conclusion, based on the results of this evaluation, women and men, smokers and nonsmokers suffer with similar prevalence rates of facet joint pain in chronic low back pain; whereas occupational injury patients suffer with lesser prevalence (28%) compared to patients with gradual onset (44%) of low back pain.
- Keywords: Chronic low back pain, facet joint pain, controlled diagnostic blocks, comparative local anesthetic blocks, smoking, occupational injury.
2. Facet Disease and the Future of Bone Imaging
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- Facet Disease and the Future of Bone Imaging.
- Left C3/4 facet disease, which is the likely cause of the patient’s symptomatology and clinical history. ...
- Facet disease is a common cause for chronic back pain with a prevalence of disease ranging from 8-75%. One study demonstrated that it may be the most common cause of back pain based upon osteoporotic patients that were treated for facet disease. The pathophysiology causing the pain is multifactorial and includes pain produced from prostaglandins and inflammatory mediators, facet capsular autonomic nerve irritation, and nociceptive substance P. ...
- Plain films, CT scan, and MRI demonstrate anatomic correlation of hypertrophic changes at the facet joint. ... Plain film and CT scan can demonstrate abnormal facet joint osseous hypertrophy. MRI will also show osseous hypertrophy that is T1 and T2 dark at the level of the facet joint. ...
- Tc-99m MDP planar imaging is correlated with patient symptomatology in patients with lower back pain and abnormal facet uptake. One study demonstrated a sensitivity of 71% and specificity of 76% for back pain corresponding to the imaging findings of increased uptake at a facet joint. No other studies have correlated imaging of facet disease with patients’ symptoms of back pain. ...
- Tc-99m MDP imaging also detected multiple additional causes that can simulate the findings of facet disease pain in patients including spinal stenosis, ischial tendonitis, and lumbar strain. ...
- Multiple treatment modalites are available for patients with facet disease. These include multiple noninvasive and invasive treatments from physical therapy, steroid or local anesthetic injection, radiofrequency ablation of the facet joint, to surgical fusion. ...
- Steroid or local anesthetic is often injected for relief of symptoms from facet disease with a 10-63% success rate over a short term time period. ...
- Potential Future Facet Imaging with Flouride Ion Positron Emission Tomography: .
3. A Patient's Guide to Facet Blocks
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- What it is: The facet joint block is actually a test and a type of treatment. ... For example, in the facet joint block, medication is injected into a joint that should numb the joint. ...
- What the test shows: Like any joint in the body, facet joints can cause pain if they are irritated or inflamed. The facet joint block is a procedure where a local anesthetic medication (such as lidocaine or Novocain) is injected into the facet joint. ... The lidocaine actually numbs the area around the facet joint. If all your pain goes away, the doctor can assume that the facet joint is a problem. ...
- How the test is done: A facet joint block is done by inserting a long needle into the center of the facet joint(s). ... During a facet joint block, you will probably be given medication to help you relax, then a local anesthetic in the skin around the area of the back where the needle will be inserted. The doctor watches on a fluoroscope as he inserts the needle to make sure it goes into the correct facet joint. ... Once the doctor is sure the needle is in the facet joint, he will inject a combination of anesthetic (like Novocain) and cortisone into the joint.
- What risks the test has: A facet joint block requires a needle to be inserted into the facet joint. ... The risks associated with a facet joint block include infection of the joint and an allergic reaction to the medication that is injected. ...
- What the test costs: A facet joint block usually has two costs associated with the test or procedure. ... You may get two bills for this test: one from the hospital or clinic where you had the facet joint block done, and one from the specialist who performed the procedure.
4. FACET: 2003 Retreat Registration
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- The 2004 FACET Retreat .
- Online registration for the FACET retreat has closed. ...
- If you have questions please contact the FACET office at facet@iupui. ...
- E-mail: facet@iupui. ...
5. Facet
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- Facet Decision Systems, Inc. (Facet) welcomes you to our Web site. ...
- Facet does not represent, offer advertisement or ascribe to the opinions or offerings of any Web site accessible through this site.
- No obligation, responsibility or liability will be incurred by Facet or any of its shareholders, officers, directors employees, contractors or agents for any loss or damage, whether incidental, special, direct or indirect, consequential, punitive, exemplary general or for lost profits in connection with, caused by or arising from any delays, inaccuracies errors or omissions in or infringement by, or from any use of, or reliance on, information available on this Web site, the links to other sites contained in this Web site or any information available on or such sites or resulting from the incompatibility of any software downloaded, copied or otherwise accessed from this Web site.
- Selecting links on this site leading to other sites removes you from Facet’s domain, and Facet takes no responsibility or endorses information found at those sites. ...
- All trademarks, trade names, product names, service names, slogans or logos used in this Web site are trademarks of Facet Decision Systems, Inc. ...
- Any questions regarding the Terms of Use can be directed to info@facet. ...
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6. FACET-JOINT STEROID INJECTIONS ARE INEFFECTIVE FOR LOW BACK PAIN - Journal Watch (General)
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- FACET-JOINT STEROID INJECTIONS ARE INEFFECTIVE FOR LOW BACK PAIN .
- Inflammation of the facet joints of the lumbar vertebrae is a cause of chronic low back pain. For that reason, steroid injection into the facet joints is commonly used as therapy, even though the only randomized trial of this treatment did not demonstrate any benefits. ...
- In a new and better-designed study, a team from Quebec randomized 101 patients to receive methylprednisolone or placebo injections into the facet joints and carefully followed 95 of them for 6 months. ...
- This study indicates that steroid injection into the facet joints has little value in the treatment of chronic low back pain. ...
- Carette S et al A controlled trial of corticosteroid injections into facet joints for chronic low back pain N Engl J Med 1991 Oct 3; 325:1002-1007. ...
7. Facet analytical theory as a basis for a knowledge organization tool in a subject portal
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- Facet analytical theory as a basis for a knowledge organization tool in a subject portal.
- 4 - Facet analytical methodology .
- Classifications built on the facet analytical model work on different principles, starting from the constituent concepts of the subject, rather than from a view of knowledge in its entirety. It is important to establish what precisely we mean by facet analysis, since there are a number of interpretations of this theory, some of them very different from the original work of S. ... This notion is also often employed in the world wide web literature on facet analysis (Maple, 1995), and also in the United States usage of the term when compared with the British or European tradition. ...
- In this paper, and in the accompanying project, facet analysis is interpreted in a much more restricted way; it is taken to mean that rigorous process of terminological analysis whereby the vocabulary of a given subject is organized into facets and arrays, resulting in a complex knowledge structure with both semantic and syntactic relationships clearly delineated. ...
- Facet analysis provides a method which is in theory appropriate for the management of terminologies and concepts in a variety of environments, although its applications have so far mainly been limited to the conventional print based document collection .
- Although primarily used for the physical organization of print based materials the potential of facet analysis for the management of documents in an automated environment has already been recognized. ... " More recently the specific application of facet analysis to searching the World Wide Web has been discussed by Ellis and Vasconcelos (Ellis & Vasconcelos, 2000) who conclude that "
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- 4 - Facet analytical methodology.
- We expect that new categories can be determined and that the techniques of facet analysis can be applied in new ways and to new material. ...
- The principles of categorization implicit in facet analytical theory can be extended to organize any set of properties of objects in any domain, and of the domain itself. ... Viewed in this way, facet analysis should be thought of as a powerful methodological tool rather than a specific arrangement of topics in a given field. Any attributes of objects which are significant for retrieval can be incorporated into the categorical formulation; hence facet analytical theory can accommodate concepts descriptive of a digital environment and the objects in it when building a structure to function as a retrieval tool in that environment. ...
- Vasconcelos (2000) "The relevance of facet analysis for World Wide Web subject organization and searching" Journal of Internet cataloging 2(3/4) 97-114.
- Godert, Winfried (1991) "Facet classification in online retrieval" International Classification 18(2) 98-109 .
8. Facet Pain
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- It can also refer to other areas as seen in this diagram of facet pain referral patterns. Each facet joint is represented by it's designation. For instance, note that the C2-C3 facet joint can refer into the back of the head while the C6-C7 joint more commonly sends pain to the shoulder blade area.
- This type of pain usually gets worse when the facet joint is compressed. For instance, if you have right sided neck pain due a facet joint, that pain would get worse if you bent your head and neck to the right and backwards (compressing the joint).
- Sample members only diagnostic information on facet pain. ...
- Try a simple test to see if you may have facet pain. ...
- Traction can be very effective by taking the weight of the head off the facet joints. ...
- Facet injections can help by reducing the swelling and allowing more rehab to take place. ...
- Physical therapy can strengthen the muscles that help stabilize the facet joints. ...
- If all else fails, a facet rhizotomy can destroy the nerves to these joints and provide pain relief. ...
- Facet pain can cause the main stabilizing muscles of the spine to weaken and lead to muscular instability. ...
9. Facet Publishing – publishing for library and information professionals worldwide
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- If you would like to receive monthly e-bulletins highlighting all new and forthcoming titles from Facet Publishing for library and information professionals join here.
- Please note there is a separate function on this site to search the Facet Publishing catalogue. ...
10. Facet Publishing Online: Special Offers
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- Special offer to CiG Members on Facet Publishing books.
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11. FACET home page
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- FACET GROUP JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
- FACET News.
- New Manual on Guarantee Funds for Small enterprises, produced by FACET (Klaas Molenaar) in cooperation with ILO Training Centre.
- FACET team evaluated the Programme for Economic Cooperation Projects of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs.
- New FACET publication.
- FACET obtains long-term contract with SDC, Switzerland.
- As a member of a consortium of leading companies in the areas of (SME) knowledge management (SKAT Foundation, CH) Small Enterprise Development (Springfield, UK), vocational training (INBAS, BE), FACET will provide technical support services in the area of Financial Services to the Swiss Development Co-opration Agency in Bern.
- a good example of implementing SME support programmes by FACET.
- More FACET News .
12. Welcome to FACET
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- About Facet.
- FACET is short for the Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching. For more information on FACET, please see the "About FACET" link to the left. This web site is for FACET members, potential members, and nonmembers alike. ...
- Contact us: facet@iupui. ...
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