Assessment of pain due to lumbar spine diseases using MR spectroscopy: A preliminary report

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-368

  Yabuki, Shoji ^a   Konno, Shin Ichi ^a   Kikuchi, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE DISEASE; VALIDITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84878549616     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-013-0357-6     Document Type: Article

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