Accuracy of the clinical examination to predict radiographic instability of the lumbar spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 743-750

  Fritz, Julie M ^a   Piva, Sara R ^b   Childs, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Instability; Low back pain; Radiographic assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26444584342     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0803-4     Document Type: Article

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