Low Back Pain

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-501

  Devereaux, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Chronic back pain; Low back pain; Pain; Sciatica; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROPATHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANALGESICS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SACRUM;

EID: 61449189793     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2008.09.013     Document Type: Review

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