How to recognize and treat specific low back pain?

Bailliere's Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-73

  Balague, F ^a   Borenstein, D G ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gynaecological obstetrical; Infections; Mechanical low back pain; Sacroiliac; Sciatica; Specific low back pain; Spondyloarthropathies; Stenosis; Tumours; Uncommon causes of low back pain

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0031748823     PISSN: 09503579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3579(98)80005-8     Document Type: Article

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