Sub-group classification of low back related leg pain: Is this the catalyst needed for other challenging conditions?

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-72

  Cook, Chad ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TRACTION THERAPY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 67650799401     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/106698109790824677     Document Type: Editorial

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