Relationship between bone mineral density and the frequent administration of epidural steroid injections in postmenopausal women with low back pain

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-34

  Kim, Sungyun ^a   Hwang, Byeongmun ^a  

^a Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Corticosteroid; Epidural steroid injection; Low back pain; Postmenopausal women; Triamcinolone

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84894469864     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/870145     Document Type: Article

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