The anatomy and pathophysiology of neck pain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-472

  Bogduk, Nikolai ^a  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SYNOVIAL CYST; TENDINITIS; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0043233216     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(03)00041-X     Document Type: Review

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