Cervical Facet-Mediated Pain

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-458

  Gellhorn, Alfred C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Facet; Neck; Pain; Whiplash; Zygapophyseal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; WHIPLASH INJURY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; WHIPLASH INJURIES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 79961109296     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.02.006     Document Type: Review

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