Oxygen-ozone therapy for degenerative spine disease in the elderly

Rivista Italiana di Ossigeno-Ozonoterapia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Bonetti, Matteo ^a   Fontana, A ^a   Mardighian, D ^b  

^a Istituto Clinico Citta di Brescia   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Neuroradiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Intraforaminal infiltration; Medical ozone; Oxygen ozone therapy; Spodyloarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; OZONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; OZONE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPONDYLOSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744805089     PISSN: 17206561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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