Can discography cause long-term back symptoms in previously Asymptomatic subjects?

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1803-1808

  Carragee, Eugene J ^a   Chen, Yung ^a   Tanner, Cary M ^a   Hayward, Chris ^a   Rossi, Michael ^a   Hagle, Chad ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discography; Intervertebral disc; Low back pain; Somatization; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034661652     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007150-00011     Document Type: Article

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