Nonoperative management of cervical radiculopathy

American Family Physician

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 746-754

  Childress, Marc A ^a   Becker, Blair A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 354775   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MASSAGE; MUSCLE SPASM; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPONDYLOSIS; TRACTION THERAPY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASSAGE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84964792185     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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