Assessment of efficacy and psychomotor performances of thiocolchicoside and tizanidine in patients with acute low back pain

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 764-770

  Ketenci, Aysegul ^a   Ozcan, E ^a   Karamursel, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Low back pain drug therapy therapy; Randomised, double blind controlled trial; Thiocolchicoside tizanidine

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; THIOCOLCHICOSIDE; TIZANIDINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; CLONIDINE; COLCHICINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALERTNESS; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE SPASM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SEDATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA; ADULT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; CLONIDINE; COLCHICINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25444515139     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2004.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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