A narrative review of intra-articular corticosteroid injections for low back pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-296

  Bogduk, Nikolai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back Pain; Corticosteroids; Injection; Intra articular; Zygapophysial Joints

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 28444465895     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.00048.x     Document Type: Review

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