Diagnosis and management of back pain in adolescents

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-164

  Curtis, Christine ^a   D'Hemecourt, Pierre ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 49849090256     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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