Lumbosacral radiculopathies: Conservative approaches to management

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 609-621

  Chiodo, Anthony ^a,b   Haig, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACKACHE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADICULOPATHY; SCIATICA;

EID: 0036697043     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00021-9     Document Type: Review

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