The clinical assessment of transitional vertebrae and back pain

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 278-283

  Murtaugh, K ^a   Kean, W F ^b  

^a Elliott Sports Medicine Clinic   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; NSAID; Transizional vertebrae; X ray

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR TRANSITIONAL VERTEBRAE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149107112     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-008-8011-1     Document Type: Article

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