Cervical zygapophysial joint pain

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-117

  Bogduk, Nikolai ^a,b   Lord, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical zygapophysial joint pain; Epidemiology; Neck pain; Review; Treatment; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031750265     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-199806000-00004     Document Type: Article

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