The Piriformis Syndrome Is Overdiagnosed

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 644-646

  Stewart, John D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Buttock pain; Piriformis muscle; Piriformis syndrome; Sciatic nerve; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

BUTTOCK; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242331688     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10483     Document Type: Review

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