A systematic review identifies five "red flags" to screen for vertebral fracture in patients with low back pain

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Henschke, Nicholas ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Diagnosis; Fracture; QUADAS; Red flags; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF STUDIES OF DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY INCLUDED IN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 37549040589     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.013     Document Type: Review

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