PainDETECT questionnaire and lumbar epidural steroid injection for chronic radiculopathy

European Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-32

  Rados, Ivan ^a   Sakic Zdravcevic, Katarina ^b   Hrgovic, Zlatko ^a  

^a University Hospital Centre Osijek   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Lumbar epidural steroid injections; painDETECT questionnaire; Radicular pain

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERLAMINAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAINDETECT QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULAR PAIN; TRANSFORAMINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84868227487     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338265     Document Type: Article

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