Recovery of impaired muscle function in severe sciatica

European Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 242-249

  Balagué, Federico ^a   Nordin, Margareta ^b   Sheikhzadeh, Ali ^b   Echegoyen, Anne Catherine ^c   Skovron, Mary ^d   Bech, Hans ^a   Chassot, Dominique ^a   Helsen, Maurits ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c Genentech Inc ^*

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical tests; Isokinetic muscle test; Manual muscle testing; Outcome assessment; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034955679     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000226     Document Type: Article

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