Back pain: Low back pain model, treatment with physical and injective therapy;Rachialgie: Meccanismi del dolore lombare, trattamento con mezzi fisici e terapia infiltrativa

Rivista di Neurobiologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-286

  Santilli, Valter ^a   Girolamo, Gabriella D I ^b   Finucci, Stefano ^b   Capici, Silvia ^a   Paris, Enzo ^c  

^a CTO Hospital ASL Roma C   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Back pain; EMG Biofeedback; TENS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033369837     PISSN: 00356336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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