History, Physical Examination, and Differential Diagnosis of Neck Pain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-393

  Alexander, Eric P ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Differential diagnosis; History; Neck pain; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE REFLEX; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL PAIN;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 79961102540     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.005     Document Type: Review

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