A prospective, randomized, double-blind evaluation of trigger-point injection therapy for low-back pain

Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 962-964

  Garvey, Timothy A ^a   Marks, Michael R ^b   Wiesel, Sam W ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, STEROIDAL; BACK PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHYL CHLORIDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 0024459081     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198909000-00008     Document Type: Article

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