Thoracic radiculopathy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 623-644

  O'Connor, Ryan C ^a   Andary, Michael T ^a   Russo, Randolph B ^b   DeLano, Mark ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Orthopedic and Spine Specialists of West Michigan   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC RADICULOPATHY;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0036697083     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00018-9     Document Type: Review

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