Randomized controlled trials in industrial low back pain relating to return to work. Part 2. Discogenic low back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1189-1197

  Scheer, Steven J ^a   Radack, Kenneth L ^a   O'Brien Jr , David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOPAPAIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029972338     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90147-1     Document Type: Review

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