Value of the bell test and the hyperextension test for diagnosis in sciatica associated with disc herniation: Comparison with Lasègue's sign and the crossed Lasègue's sign

Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 460-466

  Poiraudeau, S ^a   Foltz, V ^a   Drape J L ^a   Fermanian, J ^b   Lefevre Colau M M ^a   Mayoux Benhamou, M A ^a   Revel, M ^a,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c Service de Reeducation et de Readaptation de l'Appareil Locomoteur et des Pathologies du Rachis   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Disc herniation; Negative predictive value; Positive predictive value; Reliability; Sciatica; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL TEST; CALCULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CROSSED LASEGUE SIGN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREXTESION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LASEGUE SIGN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035038610     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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