A practical approach to the patient with back pain

American Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 670-676

  Gillette, Robert D ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHYMOPAPAIN; CLOMIPRAMINE; COCODAMOL; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLASMA PROTEIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; ISCHIALGIA; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REST; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030021898     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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