Pregnancy-related low back pain

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 839-845

  Sneag, Darryl B ^a   Bendo, John A ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MENSTRUATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 35649007923     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20071001-14     Document Type: Review

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