Low Back Pain

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 405-428

  Golob, Anna L ^a,b   Wipf, Joyce E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Cause; Chronic low back pain; Diagnosis; Imaging; Risk factors; Sciatica; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARISOPRODOL; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DICLOFENAC; ETODOLAC; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MELOXICAM; METHADONE; METHOCARBAMOL; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TIZANIDINE; TRAMADOL;

AORTA ANEURYSM; CAUDA EQUINA; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADICULOPATHY; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIATICA; SCOLIOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN; CAUSE; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; SCIATICA; TREATMENT;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; SPINE;

EID: 84899107436     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.01.003     Document Type: Review

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