Changes in cross-sectional area of psoas major muscle in unilateral sciatica caused by disc herniation

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 928-931

  Dangaria, Trikam R ^a   Naesh, Ole ^b  

^a Jerudong Park Medical Centre   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSOAS MUSCLES; SCIATICA;

EID: 0032522920     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804150-00016     Document Type: Article

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