Reduced pain after surgery for cervical disc protrusion/stenosis: A 2 year clinical follow-up

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1033-1043

  Löfgren, Hakan ^a   Johansen, F ^b   Skogar, O ^a   Levander, B ^a,c  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b National Social Insurance Hospital   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE PAIN; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; SLEEP; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADICULOPATHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0141515636     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280310001596478     Document Type: Article

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