Diagnosis of Low Back Pain: Role of Imaging Studies

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 571-589

  Russo, Randolph B ^a,b  

^a Orthopaedic Associates of Grand Rapids   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISKOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748525548     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coem.2006.05.003     Document Type: Review

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