Vance Gardner;Tugan Muftuler;Kenneth A. Thomas;Thomas J. Stegmann;Shadfar Bahri;John W. Jacobs;Hon Yu
发明人:
Thomas J. Stegmann,Kenneth A. Thomas,John W. Jacobs,Tugan Muftuler,Shadfar Bahri,Hon Yu,Vance Gardner
申请号：
US12076846
公开号：
US08983570B2
申请日:
2008.03.24
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
The invention relates to methods for the diagnosis, amelioration, and treatment of back pain, particularly lumbar back pain, in particular, back pain caused by muscular abnormalities, vertebral body osteoporosis, and disc degeneration. Patients with back pain are categorized into specific subsets that are deemed to have potential to respond to therapy. In particular, the invention includes a therapy involving stimulation of neovascularization so as to increase perfusion of various spine compartments.
