Management of pain after brachial plexus injury: A parallel study

Pain Clinic

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-132

  Waikakul, Saranatra ^a   Waikakul, Waraporn ^b   Pausawasdi, Somsri ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037677740     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856903321579244     Document Type: Article

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