The sensitivity and specificity of electrodiagnostic testing for the clinical syndrome of lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2667-2676

  Haig, Andrew J ^a,b   Tong, Henry C ^a   Yamakawa, Karen S J ^a   Quint, Douglas J ^a   Hoff, Julian T ^a   Chiodo, Anthony ^a   Miner, Jennifer A ^a   Choksi, Vaishali R ^a   Geisser, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Electrodiagnostics; Geriatrics; Masked research; Paraspinal mapping; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 28844506011     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000188400.11490.5f     Document Type: Article

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