Nonsurgical treatment of lumbar disk herniation: Are outcomes different in older adults?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Suri, Pradeep ^a,b,c,d   Hunter, David J ^b,e   Jouve, Cristin ^a,b   Hartigan, Carol ^a,b   Limke, Janet ^a,b   Pena, Enrique ^b   Li, Ling ^b   Luz, Jennifer ^f   Rainville, James ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Herniation; Intervertebral disk displacement; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952549424     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03316.x     Document Type: Article

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