
Ellina Iordanova
- Fellow; MD
- 416 70 712
Publications 2020
Clinical effect modifiers of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes - secondary analyses of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial (the AIM study)
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 21 (1), 458
DOI 10.1186/s12891-020-03422-y, PubMed 32660517
Association of Modic change types and their short tau inversion recovery signals with clinical characteristics- a cross sectional study of chronic low back pain patients in the AIM-study
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 21 (1), 368
DOI 10.1186/s12891-020-03381-4, PubMed 32522268
The effect of infliximab in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the BackToBasic study): study protocol of a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 21 (1), 698
DOI 10.1186/s12891-020-03720-5, PubMed 33087100
Publications 2019
Persistent lumbar radicular and low back pain; impact of genetic variability versus emotional distress
BMC Res Notes, 12 (1), 547
DOI 10.1186/s13104-019-4592-6, PubMed 31455415
Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study): double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre trial
BMJ, 367, l5654
DOI 10.1136/bmj.l5654, PubMed 31619437
Up-regulation of circulating microRNA-17 is associated with lumbar radicular pain following disc herniation
Arthritis Res Ther, 21 (1), 186
DOI 10.1186/s13075-019-1967-y, PubMed 31409426
Publications 2018
Five-year development of lumbar disc degeneration-a prospective study
Skeletal Radiol, 48 (6), 871-879
DOI 10.1007/s00256-018-3062-x, PubMed 30255192
Publications 2017
Genetic predictors of recovery in low back and lumbar radicular pain
Pain, 158 (8), 1456-1460
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000934, PubMed 28471875
Local up-regulation of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) following disc herniation is involved in the inflammatory response underlying acute lumbar radicular pain
Cytokine, 97, 181-186
DOI 10.1016/j.cyto.2017.06.005, PubMed 28651128
C-reactive protein and cold-pressor tolerance in the general population: the Tromsø Study
Pain, 158 (7), 1280-1288
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000912, PubMed 28420008
Antibiotic treatment In patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, 18 (1), 596
DOI 10.1186/s13063-017-2306-8, PubMed 29246188
Publications 2016
Genes associated with persistent lumbar radicular pain; a systematic review
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 17 (1), 500
DOI 10.1186/s12891-016-1356-5, PubMed 27964712
Publications 2015
Serum levels of the pro-inflammatory interleukins 6 (IL-6) and -8 (IL-8) in patients with lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation: A 12-month prospective study
Brain Behav Immun, 46, 132-6
DOI 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.01.008, PubMed 25653193
Publications 2014
Role of IL1A rs1800587, IL1B rs1143627 and IL1RN rs2234677 genotype regarding development of chronic lumbar radicular pain; a prospective one-year study
PLoS One, 9 (9), e107301
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0107301, PubMed 25207923
Association between baseline IL-6 and 1-year recovery in lumbar radicular pain
Eur J Pain, 18 (10), 1394-401
DOI 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2014.502.x, PubMed 24692238
The association between Modic changes and pain during 1-year follow-up in patients with lumbar radicular pain
Skeletal Radiol, 43 (9), 1271-9
DOI 10.1007/s00256-014-1928-0, PubMed 24965739
The interleukin-1α gene C>T polymorphism rs1800587 is associated with increased pain intensity and decreased pressure pain thresholds in patients with lumbar radicular pain
Clin J Pain, 30 (10), 869-74
DOI 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000048, PubMed 24300227
Publications 2013
The MMP1 rs1799750 2G allele is associated with increased low back pain, sciatica, and disability after lumbar disk herniation
Clin J Pain, 29 (11), 967-71
DOI 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31827df7fd, PubMed 23370084
Publications 2012
The COMT rs4680 Met allele contributes to long-lasting low back pain, sciatica and disability after lumbar disc herniation
Eur J Pain, 16 (7), 1064-9
DOI 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2011.00102.x, PubMed 22337560
Pain intensity the first year after lumbar disc herniation is associated with the A118G polymorphism in the opioid receptor mu 1 gene: evidence of a sex and genotype interaction
J Neurosci, 32 (29), 9831-4
DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1742-12.2012, PubMed 22815498
Publications 2010
[Long-lasting low back pain and MRI changes in the intervertebral discs]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 130 (22), 2260-3
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.09.0122, PubMed 21109850