Diagnosis and treatment of piriformis syndrome

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-319

  Rodrigue, T ^a   Hardy, R W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; LIDOCAINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PROCAINE; STEROID;

ANALGESIA; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0035029303     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(18)30056-1     Document Type: Review

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