Role of magnetic resonance imaging in lumbar spondylosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 396-399

  Siddiqui, Asma Hina ^a   Rafique, Muhammad Zafar ^a,b   Ahmad, Muhammad Nadeem ^a   Usman, Muhammad Uzair ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Disc extrusion; Low back and leg pain; Lumbar spondylosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nerve compression; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONICITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATICA; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 23644438257     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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