Lumbosacral radiculopathic pain presenting as groin and scrotal pain: Pain management with twitch-obtaining intramuscular stimulation. A case report and review of literature

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 315-318

  Gozon, B ^a   Chu, J ^a   Schwartz, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Groin; Intramuscular stimulation; Pain; Radiculopathy; Scrotum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; SCROTUM DISORDER; SPINE DISEASE; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; GROIN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SCROTUM;

EID: 0034853222     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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