Experimental study of temperature distributions and thermal transport during radiofrequency current therapy of the intervertebral disc

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1808-1813

  Houpt, Jonathan C ^a   Conner, Edison S ^b   McFarland, Eric W ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

back pain; radiofrequency heating; thermal denervation; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DENERVATION; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0029779008     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199608010-00018     Document Type: Article

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