Do MRI findings correlate with mobility tests? An explorative analysis of the test validity with regard to structure

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 803-812

  Quack, Christoph ^a,b   Schenk, Peter ^a   Laeubli, Thomas ^a   Spillmann, Susanne ^b   Hodler, Juerg ^c   Michel, Beat A ^b   Klipstein, Andreas ^b  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Facet joints; Intervertebral disk; Spine; Spine abnormalities; Spine mobility; Spine range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34250625286     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0264-z     Document Type: Article

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