Functional restoration for a chronic lumbar disk extrusion with associated radiculopathy

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1668-1680

  Hahne, Andrew J ^a   Ford, Jon J ^b  

^a Spinal Management Clinics   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Exercise therapy; Intervertebral disk displacement; Radiculopathy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL RESTORATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RADICULOPATHY; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 33845395337     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20050366     Document Type: Article

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