Paraspinal denervation and the spinal degenerative cascade

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 372-380

  Haig, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Electromyography; Muscle; Nerve; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036759322     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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