Injections and low back pain: Outcome and randomized controlled trials

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Balagué, Federico ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

epidural; injections; lumbar vertebrae; trigger point

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; DEPO MEDROL LIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0029857148     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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