Clinical Presentation, Quantitative Sensory Testing, and Therapy of 2 Patients with Fourth Thoracic Syndrome

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-408

  Mellick, Gary A ^a   Mellick, Larry B ^b  

^a American Pain Specialists   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Manipulation, Spinal; Pain Measurement; Paresthesia; Thoracic Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GABAPENTIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOURTH THORACIC SYNDROME; FUNCTION TEST; HAND GRIP; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; THERMOSENSORY TEST; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 33744513171     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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