Electroacupuncture direct to spinal nerves as an alternative to selective spinal nerve block in patients with radicular sciatica - A cohort study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Inoue, Motohiro ^a   Hojo, Tatsuya ^b   Yano, Tadashi ^a   Katsumi, Yasukazu ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Radicular sciatica; Selective lumbar spinal nerve block

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL ROOT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 17144410319     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.23.1.27     Document Type: Article

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