Natural History of Radiculopathy

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Casey, Ellen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural history; Radicular pain; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

BED REST; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; TRACTION THERAPY;

HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK; RADICULOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79251564421     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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