Spinal Injections for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Pain

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-171

  Couri, Brian ^a,b   Hurley, Daniel ^a   Kasi, Ravi ^b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISCOGENIC PAIN; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; MYALGIA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL PAIN; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84862116120     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: 15579794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otsm.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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