Short-term outcome of conservative treatment in athletes with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 667-674

  Iwamoto, Jun ^a   Takeda, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sato, Yoshihiro ^b   Wakano, Koichi ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitate Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Nephrology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athletes; Conservative Treatment; Low Back Pain; Lumbar Disc Herniation; Sciatica; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SEX RATIO; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746434381     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000228577.56572.d6     Document Type: Article

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