Treatment of acute low back pain with the COX-2-selective anti- inflammatory drug nimesulide

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1579-1585

  Pohjolainen, Timo ^a,d   Jekunen, Antti ^b   Autio, Lotta ^c   Vuorela, Heikki ^e  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Rhone Poulenc Rorer Finland Ltd   (Finland)

^c Health Centre   (Finland)

^d SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Efficacy; Ibuprofen; Low back pain; Nimesulide; NSAID; Safety

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IBUPROFEN; NIMESULIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; VERTIGO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SPINE; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034659250     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200006150-00019     Document Type: Article

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