Structural etiology of chronic low back pain due to motor vehicle collision

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1622-1627

  de Palma, Michael ^a,b   Ketchum, Jessica ^c   Saullo, Thomas ^d   Schofferman, Jerome ^e  

^a Virginia iSpine Physicians PC   (United States)

^b Virginia Spine Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d San Francisco Spine Institute ^*

^e San Francisco Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Facet joint; Interverterbral disc; Low back pain; Motor vehicle collision; Sacroiliac joint; Zygoapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC SPINAL INJECTION; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISKOGRAPHY; FACET JOINT PAIN; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PROVOCATION DISCOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; MYALGIA; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 81855194712     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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