Advanced Interventional Pain & Sports Medicine Center

              Interventional Spine, EMG , Musculoskeletal  Ultrasound , Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

            20 Crossroads Dr, Ste 210   Owings Mills, MD 21117              Tel: (410) 581 2969 Fax: (410) 581 5775

           

 

 

            Publications

          • Transforaminal cervical blood patch for the treatment of post-dural puncture headache. Slipman CW,El Abd OH,

            Bhargava A,DePalma MJ,Chin KR, Am J Phys Med Rehab.

          • Interspinous bursitis in an athlete. DePalma MJ,Slipman CW,Siegelman E,Bayruns TJ,Bhargava A,Frey ME,

            Chin KR, J Bone Joint Surg Br.

          • Injection Therapy for Lumbar Radiculopathy. Amit Bhargava, et al  Current Opinion in Orthopedics.

          • Non-Operative Management of Postoperative Neck Pain Following a Fusion. Amit Bhargava,  et al.

            Current Opinion in Orthopedics.

          • Pilot Study of Cervical Disc Decompression for Cervical Radicular Pain Using Coblation Technology: 126. Slipman

            Curtis ; Tasca, Phil ; Bhargava, Amit ; Garvan, Cynthia Wilson ; Chin, Kingsley; DePalma, Michael . Pain Medicine.

          • Treatment of cervical radiculopathy with combined percutaneous plasma field discectomy and nerve root

            glucocorticoid injection: A pilot study. Slipman, CW, DePalma, MJ, Bhargava, A., Frey, M.E., Chin, K.R, Garvin, CW

          • A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence for Selective Nerve Root Injection in the Treatment of Lumbosacral

            Radiculopathy  Michael J. DePalma, Amit Bhargava, Curtis W. Slipman, Arch Phys Med Rehabil,

          • Non-spondylolytic etiologies of lumbar pain in the young athlete. DePalma MJ, Bhargava A, Curr Sports Med Rep,

          • Physical therapy for low back pain. Bhargava, Amit et al Current Opinion in Orthopedics.

          • Diagnostic injections for facet joint pain: Combining pre-procedure evaluation & fluoroscopic examination. (Ongoing).

          • Vertebroplasty: Technique.   Bhargava A.,C.W. Slipman Chapter. Interventional Spine:  An Algorithmic Approach”  

          • Physical Examination in Spinal Trauma: ASIA Examination &  Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes. Pediatric and Adult

            Spine Trauma.

          • Soft tissue irritation by fusion hardware.  Amit Bhargava, MD, MS .

             

             

            Recent  Presentations

          • Prevent complications - Facet and medial branch blocks and radio frequency. World Congress of the International

            Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Istanbul, Turkey. 2009

          • Prevent complications - Facet and medial branch blocks and radio frequency. 70th Annual Meeting of AAPM&R,

            Austin, TX. November 22-25, 2009.

          • Foot pain-Evaluation and Management. 70th Annual Meeting of AAPM&R, Austin, TX. November 22-25, 2009.

          • Non-Surgical Management of Low back . 2010 Annual Maryland Academy of Family Physicians  

            CME Assembly. June 2010

          • Diagnostic injections for facet joint pain: Combining pre-procedure evaluation & fluoroscopic examination.  

            Poster presentation. International Spine Intervention Society, Maui, HI. July 2010

          • Workshop: “Essentials” of Evaluation and management of low back pain. 3rd Middle East Rehab Annual Conference,

            Abu Dhabi. October 17-19,  2010

          • Recent Advances in management of low back pain in athletes.  3rd Middle East Rehab Annual Conference,

            Abu Dhabi. October 17-19,  2010

          • Prevent complications - Facet and medial branch blocks and radio frequency. 70th Annual Meeting of AAPM&R,

            Seattle, WA. November 3-7, 2010

          • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury - Presentation and Clinical Evaluation.  6th World Congress of the International

            Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.Puerto Rico. 2011

          • Ultrasound Evaluation of Knee.  6th World Congress of the International  Society of Physical and Rehabilitation

            Medicine.Puerto Rico. 2011

          • Work shop -Ultrasound Evaluation of Knee.  6th World Congress of the International  Society of Physical and

            Rehabilitation Medicine.Puerto Rico. 2011