Influence of psychological variables on the diagnosis of facet joint involvement in chronic spinal pain

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-160

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b,c   Cash, Kimberly A ^a   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a   Fellows, Bert ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled comparative local anesthetic blocks; Facet joint pain; False positive rate; Generalized anxiety disorder; Major depression; Prevalence; Somatization disorder; Zygapophysial joint pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SOMATIZATION; SPINAL PAIN;

EID: 42249091480     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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