What Can the History and Physical Examination Tell Us About Low Back Pain?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 268, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 760-765

  Deyo, Richard A ^a   Rainville, James ^b   Kent, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BACK PAIN; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCIATICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026773462     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03490060092030     Document Type: Article

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