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Musculoskeletal Pain/Rehabilitation

American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Best Practice (ASPN) Guideline for the Treatment of Sacroiliac Disorders

Dawood Sayed1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Timothy R Deer2 Pain Services, Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USA;3 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, WV, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-7730View further author information
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Vinicius Tieppo Francio1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6513-0058View further author information
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Christopher M Lam1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2848-6255View further author information
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Kamil Sochacki4 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USAView further author information
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Nasir Hussain5 Anesthesiology, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USAView further author information
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Tristan E Weaver5 Anesthesiology, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USAView further author information
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Jay Karri6 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;7 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4300-1711View further author information
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Vwaire Orhurhu8 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Williamsport, PA, USA;9 Pain Medicine, MVM Health, East Stroudsburg, PA, USAView further author information
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Natalie Holmes Strand10 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-2550View further author information
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Jacqueline Soicher Weisbein11 Interventional Pain Management, Napa Valley Orthopaedic Medical Group, Napa, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4112-761XView further author information
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Jonathan M Hagedorn12 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-8166View further author information
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Ryan S D’Souza12 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4601-9837View further author information
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Ryan R Budwany2 Pain Services, Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USAView further author information
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Ahish Chitneni13 Department of Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine, New York Presbyterian – Columbia & Cornell, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-4569View further author information
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Kasra Amirdelfan14 Director of Clinical Research, Boomerang Healthcare, Walnut Creek, CA, USAView further author information
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Michael J Dorsi15 Neurosurgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAView further author information
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Dan TD Nguyen16 Neuroradiology & Pain Solutions of Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, USAView further author information
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Christopher Bovinet17 The Spine Center of SE Georgia, Brunswick, GA, USAView further author information
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Alaa Abd-Elsayed18 Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USAView further author information
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Pages 1601-1638 | Received 26 Feb 2024, Accepted 12 Apr 2024, Published online: 06 May 2024

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