Symptomatic and asymptomatic abnormalities in patients with lumbosacral radicular syndrome: Clinical examination compared with MRI

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 553-557

  van Rijn, Jeroen C ^a   Klemetso, N ^a   Reitsma, J B ^a   Majoie, C B L M ^a   Hulsmans, F J ^a   Peul, W C ^b   Bossuyt, P M ^a   Heeten, G J den ^a   Stam, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Herniated disc; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurologic examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM; SYNDROME;

EID: 33746886301     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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