Lumbar spinal stenosis: Can positional therapy alleviate pain?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-260

  Goldman, Stuart M ^a   Barice, E Joan ^a,b,c   Schneider, Wendy R ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPINE DISEASE; STENOSIS; WALKING AID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; WALKERS;

EID: 42049112015     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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