• Pain Med · Feb 2021

    The Prevalence of "Pure" Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Pain in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.

    • John MacVicar, Ann Marguerite MacVicar, and Nikolai Bogduk.
    • Southern Rehabilitation Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand.
    • Pain Med. 2021 Feb 4; 22 (1): 41-48.

    BackgroundEstimates of the prevalence of lumbar zygapophysial joint (Z joint) pain differ in the literature, as do case definitions for this condition. No studies have determined the prevalence of "pure" lumbar Z joint pain, defined as complete relief of pain following placebo-controlled diagnostic blocks.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of "pure" lumbar Z joint pain.MethodsIn a private practice setting, 206 patients with possible lumbar Z joint pain underwent controlled diagnostic blocks using one of two protocols: placebo-controlled comparative blocks and fully randomized, placebo-controlled, triple blocks.ResultsIn the combined sample, the prevalence of "pure" lumbar Z joint pain was 15% (10-20%).ConclusionsThe prevalence of "pure" lumbar Z joint pain is substantially and significantly less than most of the prevalence estimates of lumbar Z joint pain reported in the literature.© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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