Correlation of clinical examination characteristics with three sources of chronic low back pain

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 460-465

  Young, Sharon ^a   Aprill, Charles ^b   Laslett, Mark ^c  

^a Mobile Spine and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^b Magnolia Diagnostics   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Intervertebral disk; Intra articular injections; Low back pain; Lumbar zygapophysial joint; Physical examination; Sacroiliac joint; Spinal injections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROVOCATION TEST; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SITTING; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0242350492     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(03)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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