Development of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Concurrent With Grade IV Mobilization of the Cervical and Thoracic Spine: A Case Report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1472-1473

  Donovan, J Skye ^a   Kerber, Charles W ^b   Donovan, William H ^d   Marshall, Lawrence F ^c  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Headache; Intracranial hypotension; Rehabilitation; Spine

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; KETOROLAC; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MOBILIZATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

6-AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DURA MATER; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35448982616     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.08.111     Document Type: Article

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