Clinical predictors of lumbar provocation discography: A study of clinical predictors of lumbar provocation discography

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1473-1484

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

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Magnolia Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Diagnosis; Diagnostic accuracy; Discography; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; IOHEXOL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PROVOCATION DISCOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750060027     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0062-7     Document Type: Article

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