Incidence of postpartum lumbosacral spine and lower extremity nerve injuries

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-288

  Wong, Cynthia A ^a   Scavone, Barbara M ^a   Dugan, Sheila ^a,b   Smith, Joanne C ^a   Prather, Heidi ^a,c   Ganchiff, Jeanne N ^a   McCarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LEG INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL NERVES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIAL NEUROPATHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037310310     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02727-8     Document Type: Article

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