Physical signs in lumbar disc hernia

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 333, Issue , 1996, Pages 192-201

  Vucetic, Nikola ^a   Svensson, Olle ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; JOINT MOBILITY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030454625     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199612000-00020     Document Type: Article

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