Management of low back pain

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7686, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b,e   Argoff, Charles E ^c   Carragee, Eugene J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DIAZEPAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TIZANIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 61849089107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2718     Document Type: Review

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