Pseudoradicular and radicular low-back pain: How to diagnose clinically?

Pain

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-312

  Van Boxem, Koen ^a   Van Zundert, Jan ^b,c   Patijn, Jacob ^c   van Kleef, Maarten ^c  

^a Pain Centre   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 40249114678     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.02.003     Document Type: Letter

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