Cervical Facet Joint Dysfunction: A Review

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 770-774

  Kirpalani, Dhiruj ^a   Mitra, Raj ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Neck pain; Rehabilitation; Review publication type ; Whiplash injuries; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; CERVICAL FACET JOINT DYSFUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 40949153937     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.028     Document Type: Review

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