Myofascial pain syndrome and its treatment in low back pain

Seminars in Pain Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-174

  Raj, P Prithvi ^a,b   Paradise, Lee Ann ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WIP Section of Pain Practice   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Evaluation; Low back pain; Multidisciplinary treatment; Myofascial pain syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROCAINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FIBROMYALGIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 9244261664     PISSN: 15375897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmd.2004.09.002     Document Type: Review

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