Screening for Musculoskeletal Causes of Pelvic Pain

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 773-782

  Prendergast, Stephanie A ^a   Weiss, Jerome M ^a  

^a Pacific Center for Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0242594562     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200312000-00006     Document Type: Review

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