Electrical stimulation induced cervical medial branch referral patterns

Pain Physician

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Windsor, Robert E ^a   Nagula, Diwakar ^a   Storm, Seneca ^a   Overton, Anthony ^a   Jahnke, Scott ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discogenic; Facet joint; Headaches; Medial branch; Myofascial pain; Referral pattern; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DRAWING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MODEL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0345256455     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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