A clinician's approach to acute low back pain

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1 A, 1997, Pages

  Borenstein, David G ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031042475     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00412-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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