Ultrasound evidence of altered lumbar connective tissue structure in human subjects with chronic low back pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Langevin, Helene M ^a   Stevens Tuttle, Debbie ^a   Fox, James R ^a   Badger, Gary J ^b   Bouffard, Nicole A ^a   Krag, Martin H ^a   Wu, Junru ^c   Henry, Sharon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND; BACK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73449138808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-151     Document Type: Article

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