Musculoskeletal pain- moving from symptoms and syndromes to mechanisms

Journal of Physical Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Kumar, Senthil P ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Musculoskeletal pain; Pain mechanisms; Pain sciences

Indexed keywords

BODY REGIONS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; THEORY;

EID: 84863116358     PISSN: 20790015     EISSN: 20799209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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