Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 3, Supplement 1 , Pages S22-S28 , March 2007

Industrial Medicine and Acute Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. 5. Interventional Procedures for Work-Related Lumbar Spine Conditions

  • Robert W. Irwin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Robert W. Irwin, MD, Dept of Rehab Med, Univ of Miami, Miller Sch of Med, PO Box 016960 (D-461), Miami, FL 33101.
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  • Joseph P. Zuhosky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Total Spine Specialists, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
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  • William J. Sullivan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
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  • Patrick M. Foye, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey: New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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  • Aaron W. Sable, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. John’s Macomb Hospital, Warren, MI
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  • Andre Panagos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York–Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.012

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