Patients' response to facet joint injection

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-233

  Anand, Sanjeev ^a,b   Butt, Muhammad S M ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Russells Hall Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Facet joint; Injection; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34248144383     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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