Where does the pain come from?

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 191-194

  Rydevik, Björn L ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

etiology; low back pain; pathophysiology; sciatica

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; SCIATICA;

EID: 0029907009     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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