Are diagnostic lumbar facet injections influenced by pain of muscular origin?

Pain Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 286-291

  Ackerman, William E ^a,d   Munir, Muhammad A ^b   Zhang, Jun Ming ^c   Ghaleb, Ahmed ^c  

^a Pain Med Consultants Group PA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet joint; Local anesthetics; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PARAMETRIC TEST; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 18244393158     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2004.04402.x     Document Type: Article

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