Evaluation and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Clinically Focused Review for Primary Care Specialists

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1699-1718

  Hooten, W Michael ^a   Cohen, Steven P ^b,c  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TAPENTADOL; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84962227850     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.10.009     Document Type: Review

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