Development of a clinical diagnosis support tool to identify patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1951-1957

  Konno, Shinichi ^a   Hayashino, Yasuaki ^b   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^b   Kikuchi, Shinichi ^a   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^d   Seichi, Atsushi ^e   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^f   Satomi, Kazuhiko ^g   Nagata, Kensei ^h   Kawai, Shinya ^c  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Bibai Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOWER LEG; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICS; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 36148993651     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0402-2     Document Type: Article

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