Identifying and Treating the Causes of Neck Pain

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 645-661

  Evans, Ginger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Chronic pain; Myelopathy; Neck pain; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ANATOMY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE;

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CHRONIC PAIN; MYELOPATHY; NECK PAIN; RADICULOPATHY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84899100936     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.01.015     Document Type: Review

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