Assessment and management of acute low back pain

American Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2299-2308

  Bratton, Robert L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG ABUSE; FEVER; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0033571805     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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