Provocation Sacroiliac Joint Tests Have Validity in the Diagnosis of Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 874-

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

^a Physio South at Moorhouse Medical Centre   (New Zealand)

^b Magnolia Diagnostics   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PROVOCATION TEST; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646770330     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.04.007     Document Type: Letter

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