Overdiagnosed sciatica and stenosis, underdiagnosed hip arthritis

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-174

  Swezey, Robert L ^a  

^a Arthritis and Back Pain Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITTING; SPINE SURGERY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037320619     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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