Relationship of pain drawings to invasive tests assessing intervertebral disc pathology

European Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-131

  Ohnmeiss, D D ^a,b   Vanharanta, H ^a,c   Ekholm, J ^b  

^a TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discography; Low back pain; Lumbar disc; Myelography; Pain drawings; Pain provocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKOGRAPHY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 0032913078     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050141     Document Type: Article

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