Medial superior cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy in military personnel; diagnosis and etiologic factors

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Ermis, Mehmet Nurullah ^a   Yildirim, Duzgun ^b   Durakbasa, Mehmet Oguz ^a   Tamam, Cuneyt ^b   Ermis, Oznur Eroglu ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KASIMPASA MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

back pain; Cluneal nerve; nerve entrapment; trigger point; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MEDIAL SUPERIOR CLUNEAL NERVE; NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVES; TRIGGER POINTS;

EID: 80052070865     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: 18786324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2011-0287     Document Type: Article

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