Change of barometric pressure influences low back pain in patients with vacuum phenomenon within lumbar intervertebral disc

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 290-293

  Kasai, Yuichi ^a   Takegami, Kenji ^a   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barometric pressure; Intervertebral vacuum phenomenon; Low back pain; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRESSURE; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 0036704277     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200208000-00005     Document Type: Article

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