Treatment of cervical myelopathy in patients with the fibromyalgia syndrome: Outcomes and implications

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1423-1433

  Heffez, Dan S ^a,b,d   Ross, Ruth E ^a   Shade Zeldow, Yvonne ^a   Kostas, Konstantinos ^a   Morrissey, Mary ^b   Elias, Dean A ^b   Shepard, Alan ^c  

^a Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chicago Lakeshore Medical Associates   (United States)

^d Milwaukee Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cervical myelopathy; Fibromyalgia; Surgery; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548545386     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0366-2     Document Type: Article

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