PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 10 , Pages 908-915 , October 2009

Prospective Pilot Study of Painful Lumbar Facet Joint Arthropathy after Intra-articular Injection of Hylan G-F 20

  • Michael J. DePalma, MD

      Affiliations

    • VCU Spine Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 870 Stony Point Parkway, Suite 260, Richmond, VA 23235†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: M.J.D.
    • ,
  • Jessica M. Ketchum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Biostatistics, Richmond, VA‡
    • ,
  • Evan D. Queler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University Spine Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Richmond, VA§
    • ,
  • Brian S. Trussell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University Spine Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Richmond, VA

Received 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 17 September 2009.

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 Disclosure Key can be found on the Table of Contents and at www.pmrjournal.org

 This project was funded by an investigator initiated grant awarded by Genzyme Biosurgery.

PII: S1934-1482(09)01364-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.09.008

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