Treatment of neck pain - Injections and surgical interventions: Results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Carragee, Eugene J ^a,b   Hurwitz, Eric L ^c   Cheng, Ivan ^a   Carroll, Linda J ^d   Nordin, Margareta ^e,f   Guzman, Jaime ^g,h   Peloso, Paul ⁱ   Holm, Lena W ^j   Côté, Pierre ^k,l,m,n   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^k,m   Van Der Velde, Gabrielle ^l,m,n   Cassidy, J David ^k,n,o   Haldeman, Scott ^k,l,p  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

ⁱ MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^m INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Best evidence synthesis; Cervical spine; Injections; Neck pain; Radiculopathy; Surgery; Whiplash associated disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADICULOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FUSION; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549146943     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816445ea     Document Type: Article

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