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Coccyx

Small terminal bony structure below the sacrum, providing attachment for several pelvic-floor tissues.Lire cette fiche...

Psychological approach addressing thoughts and behaviours; in persistent pain, it may support coping and activity...

Imaging using X-rays and computer processing to produce cross-sectional images, particularly detailed for bone.Lire cette...

Experimental paradigm assessing how a conditioning painful stimulus changes perception of another painful stimulus applied...

Fusion of two or more vertebrae arising during embryonic development, distinct from surgical or acquired...

Nonsurgical management that may combine education, activity modification, exercise, medication or interventions appropriate to the...

Situation in which the risk of a test or treatment makes its use inadvisable or...

Contrast enhancement is a change in tissue appearance after a contrast agent is administered. In...

The conus medullaris is the tapered end of the spinal cord. In adults it usually...

Conus medullaris syndrome results from injury or dysfunction of the lower end of the spinal...