Case series on chronic whiplash related neck pain treated with intraarticular zygapophysial joint regeneration injection therapy

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-318

  Hooper, R Allen ^a,b   Frizzell, J Bevan ^a,c   Faris, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Advanced Spinal Care Centre   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Centre for Advancement of Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle accident; Prolotherapy; Regenerative injection therapy; RIT; Whiplash; Zygapophysial joint

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; WHIPLASH INJURY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIDOCAINE; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34147148116     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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