Fig. 4From: Predictability of the effects of facet joint infiltration in the degenerate lumbar spine when assessing MRI scansCorrelation of observed improvement by infiltrations with qualitative facet joint degeneration and spinal stenosis classifications in the form of heat maps (left column) and boxplots (right column). a Facet joint degeneration (Weishaupt [20]), b neuroforaminal stenosis (Lee [25]) and c spinal stenosis (Schizas [30]). Pain relief obtained by the infiltrations is grouped into three categories: 1, no improvement (below 30%); 2, good (30–74%); and 3, excellent (75–100%) improvement. Colour intensity in the heat maps is shown according to absolute frequenciesBack to article page