Centralization as a predictor of provocation discography results in chronic low back pain, and the influence of disability and distress on diagnostic power

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-380

  Laslett, Mark ^a,d   Öberg, Birgitta ^a   Aprill, Charles N ^b   McDonald, Barry ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Magnolia Diagnostics   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Centralization of pain; Chronic low back pain; Diagnosis; Disability; Discography; Intervertebral disc; Psychosocial distress; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISKOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 21644488522     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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