Neck pain

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-70

  Ferrari, Robert ^a   Russell, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Neck pain; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; MELATONIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LAW SUIT; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; REST; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; TABLET; TECHNICAL AID; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; WHIPLASH INJURY; WORK DISABILITY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INSURANCE; NEBULIZATION; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; RADIOSURGERY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIETY; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN;

EID: 0042760332     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6942(02)00097-9     Document Type: Review

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