On the definitions and physiology of back pain, referred pain, and radicular pain

Pain

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 17-19

  Bogduk, Nikolai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; ISCHIALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW;

BACK PAIN; HUMANS; PAIN, REFERRED; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 70449658892     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.08.020     Document Type: Review

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