Lumbar spinal stenosis in the older adult

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 29-36

  Lin, Jan ^a   Taylor, Connie E ^a   Fang, Meika A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE STENOSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33846086809     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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