Musculoskeletal disorders that frequently mimic radiculopathy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 469-485

  Lauder, Tamara D ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ministry Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELBOW DISEASE; EVALUATION; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; WRIST DISEASE;

BURSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; RADICULOPATHY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TENNIS ELBOW; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0036697121     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00007-4     Document Type: Review

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