Relationship between low-back pain, muscle spasm and pressure pain thresholds in patients with lumbar disc herniation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Hirayama, Jiro ^a   Yamagata, Masatsune ^a   Ogata, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Koh ^a   Ikeda, Yoshikazu ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^b  

^a CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar disc herniation; Muscle spasm; Pressure pain threshold; Sciatic scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE ROOT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SCOLIOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 32044469844     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0813-2     Document Type: Article

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