Pain patterns and descriptions in patients with radicular pain: Does the pain necessarily follow a specific dermatome?

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 17, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Murphy, Donald R ^a,b,c   Hurwitz, Eric L ^d   Gerrard, Jonathan K ^e   Clary, Ronald ^f  

^a Rhode Island Spine Center   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Aquarius Chiropractic   (Canada)

^f Private Practice of Chiropractic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DERMATOME; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 78449313337     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-17-9     Document Type: Article

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