Positive straight-leg raising in lumbar radiculopathy: Is documentation affected by insurance coverage?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1336-1338

  Nadler, Scott F ^a,c   Malanga, Gerard A ^a   Ciccone, Donald S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Leg; Managed care programs; Radiculopathy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH TESTING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REFLEX; SENSATION; SPINAL NERVE; STRAIGHT LEG RAISING TEST; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHIROPRACTIC; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SEX FACTORS; SURGERY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 3543072326     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.02.021     Document Type: Article

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