Back pain in adults

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-288

  Becker, Jonathan A ^a,b   Stumbo, Jessica R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Center for Neurosurgical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disk herniation; Imaging; Lumbar spine; Pharmacotherapy; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CAPSAICIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; MORRHUATE SODIUM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOL; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; ROFECOXIB; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGITATION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BURNING SENSATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DIZZINESS; DYSPEPSIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPIATE ADDICTION; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN IRRITATION; SOMNOLENCE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ATHLETES; BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINE;

EID: 84877685284     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: 1558299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.02.002     Document Type: Review

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