Ansgar Espeland

Oslo University Hospital — Norway

Medicine · Health Sciences

27h-index2.7kcitations84works3.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology(43), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation(39), Medical Imaging and Analysis(18), Radiation Dose and Imaging(8), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques(7)

Publications84 total

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Arthritis & Rheumatology·2025
Modic Change Edema in Chronic Low Back Pain Treated With Infliximab or Placebo
Spine·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Efficacy of a Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor in Chronic Low‐Back Pain With Modic Type 1 Changes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Arthritis & Rheumatology·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Bacterial growth in patients with low back pain and Modic changes: protocol of a multicentre, case–control biopsy study
BMJ Open·2024Open Access
Preoperative fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscles assessed by MRI is associated with less improvement of leg pain 2 years after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis
European Spine Journal·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Longitudinal Relationship Between Reduced Modic Change Edema and Disability and Pain in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Spine·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Long-Term Use of Amoxicillin Is Associated with Changes in Gene Expression and DNA Methylation in Patients with Low Back Pain and Modic Changes
Antibiotics·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Fatty Infiltration of the Paraspinal Muscles Is Associated with Postoperative Leg Pain in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology·2023
Cytokine Patterns as Predictors of Antibiotic Treatment Effect in Chronic Low Back Pain with Modic Changes: Subgroup Analyses of a Randomized Trial (AIM Study)
Journal of Pain Research·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Multi-Center CNN-Based Spine Segmentation from T2W MRI Using Small Amounts of Data
2023· 2 cited
Association between preoperative fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles and persistent leg pain after surgery for LSS
Brain and Spine·2023Open Access
Dixon T2 imaging of vertebral bone edema: reliability and comparison with short tau inversion recovery
Acta Radiologica·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Amoxicillin Did Not Reduce Modic Change Edema in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Spine·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Minimal important change was on the lower spectrum of previous estimates and responsiveness was sufficient for core outcomes in chronic low back pain
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Apparent diffusion coefficient values in Modic changes – interobserver reproducibility and relation to Modic type
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
A novel MRI index for paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration: reliability and relation to pain and disability in lumbar spinal stenosis: results from a multicentre study
European Radiology Experimental·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Reliability of preoperative MRI findings in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders·2022· 23 citedOpen Access
Correlation between gene expression and MRI STIR signals in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes indicates immune involvement
Scientific Reports·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Oedema on STIR modified the effect of amoxicillin as treatment for chronic low back pain with Modic changes—subgroup analysis of a randomized trial
European Radiology·2020· 22 citedOpen Access
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 Musculoskeletal Disorders·2020· 19 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Kjersti Storheim(15), Christian Hellum(13), Nils Vetti(12), Jens Ivar Brox(10), Linda Berg(9), Ingfrid S. Haldorsen(8), Elina Iordanova Schistad(8), Jostein Kråkenes(7), Jan Sture Skouen(6), Lars Christian Haugli Bråten(6), Lars Grøvle(6), John‐Anker Zwart(6), Gesche Neckelmann(6), Jarle Rørvik(6), Jörg Aßmus(5), Anne Julsrud Haugen(5), Margreth Grotle(5), Øivind Gjertsen(5), Olav Mella(4), Monica Wigemyr(4)