Neck Pain from a Spine Surgeon's Perspective

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-555

  Basho, Rahul ^a   Bhalla, Amandeep ^b   Wang, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a Riverside County Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Neck pain; Radiculopathy; Spine surgery; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTHROPATHY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISKOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; NECK PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 79961101307     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.03.007     Document Type: Review

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