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After the injection, they were examined at 1 h, three weeks, and three months.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results: The clinical findings and presence of acute involvement on EMG were not predictive for TFESI results; however, the patients with lower scores for the L5 segment in PM benefited more from the injection, compared to patients with higher scores for the L5 segment in PM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusion: In patients with very clearly defined L5 radiculopathy, PM EMG can give us an idea about the effectiveness of L5 TFESI.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5606\/tftrd.2021.5042","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,17]],"date-time":"2021-06-17T10:32:24Z","timestamp":1623925944000},"page":"196-202","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Role of paraspinal mapping before transforaminal epidural injections for lumbar radiculopathy"],"prefix":"10.4274","volume":"67","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6147-300X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Merve","family":"Akdeniz Leblebicier","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3214-803X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Osman","family":"Hakan G\u00fcnd\u00fcz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1008-9470","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ba\u015fak","family":"Mans\u0131z Kaplan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9836-5996","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"T\u00fclay","family":"Er\u00e7al\u0131k","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2811","reference":[{"key":"ref-1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gelalis ID, Arnaoutoglou E, Pakos EE, Politis AN, Rapti M, Xenakis TA, et al. 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