The inability of the clinical picture to characterize pain from facet joints

Pain Physician

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-166

  Manchikanti, L ^a   Pampati, V ^a   Fellows, B ^a   Ghafoor Baha, A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Clinical features; Comparative anesthetic blocks; Facet joint mediated pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; JOINT; LAMINECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPINAL FACET JOINT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034435370     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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