Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9662, 2009, Pages 463-472

  Chou, Roger ^a,b   Fu, Rongwei ^a,b   Carrino, John A ^b   Deyo, Richard A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59249084303     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60172-0     Document Type: Article

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