The therapeutic impact of lumbar spine MRI on patients with low back and leg pain

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 688-693

  Rankine, J J ^a   Gill, K P ^a   Hutchinson, C E ^a   Ross, E R S ^a   Williamson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031711650     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(98)80296-1     Document Type: Article

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