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Papers: 11 May 2019 - 17 May 2019


Human Studies


2019 May 10


BMC Musculoskelet Disord


20


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Inflammatory biomarkers do not distinguish between patients with sciatica and referred leg pain within a primary care population: results from a nested study within the ATLAS cohort.

Abstract

There is increasing interest in the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of sciatica and whether these could be potential targets for treatment. We sought to investigate serum biomarker levels in patients with low back-related leg pain, including sciatica.