Evaluation of pain in patients with lumbar disc surgery using VAS scale and quantitative sensory testing

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-419

  Zub, Lesław W ^a   Szymczyk, Małgorzata ^a   Pokryszko Dragan, Anna ^a   Bilińska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Disc surgery; Monoradicular sciatica; QST; VAS scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SCIATICA; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84881353860     PISSN: 18995276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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