SPORT lumbar intervertebral disk herniation and back pain: Does treatment, location, or morphology matter?

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-435

  Pearson, Adam M ^a   Blood, Emily A ^a   Frymoyer, John W ^a   Herkowitz, Harry ^b   Abdu, William A ^a   Woodward, Randy ^c   Longley, Michael ^c   Emery, Sanford E ^d   Lurie, Jon D ^a   Tosteson, Tor D ^a   Weinstein, James N ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Nebraska Foundation for Spinal Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disk herniation; Nonoperative treatment; SPORT; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649083804     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816469de     Document Type: Article

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