Pulsed radiofrequency adjacent to the cervical dorsal root ganglion in chronic cervical radicular pain: A double blind sham controlled randomized clinical trial

Pain

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 173-182

  Van Zundert, Jan ^a,c   Patijn, Jacob ^a   Kessels, Alfons ^a   Lamé, Inge ^a   van Suijlekom, Hans ^b   van Kleef, Maarten ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical radicular pain; Dorsal root ganglion; Global perceived effect; Pulsed radiofrequency; Randomized clinical trial; Spurling test; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CERVICAL RADICULAR PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL GANGLION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; RADICULOPATHY; RADIO WAVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845627357     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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