Differentiation of thoracic outlet syndrome from treatment-resistant cervical brachial pain syndromes: Development and utilization of a questionnaire, clinical examination and ultrasound evaluation

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-452

  Jordan, Sheldon E ^a,c   Ahn, Samuel S ^b,c   Gelabert, Hugh A ^b,c  

^a Neurological Associates of West Los Angeles   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical brachial pain; Chemodenervation; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DERMATOME; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTOME; NERVE BLOCK; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIB RESECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BOTULINUM TOXINS; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADICULOPATHY; RIBS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 34250841191     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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