Multivariable Analyses of the Relationships Between Age, Gender, and Body Mass Index and the Source of Chronic Low Back Pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 498-506

  Depalma, Michael J ^a   Ketchum, Jessica M ^b   Saullo, Thomas R ^c  

^a Virginia Spine Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Spine and Scoliosis Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Chronic Pain; Disparities Gender; Facet Joint; Interventional; Intervertebral Disc; Low Back Pain; Lumbar; Sacroiliac Joint; Zygoapophyseal Joint

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; DISKOGRAPHY; FACET JOINT PAIN; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84859769096     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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