Piriformis muscle syndrome in 19 patients treated by tenotomy - A 1- to 16-year follow-up study

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-103

  Kullander, Klas ^a   Klein, Rüdiger ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN SENSATION; TENOTOMY;

EID: 0036940295     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-001-0319-z     Document Type: Article

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