Assessment of nerve involvement in the lumbar spine: Agreement between magnetic resonance imaging, physical examination and pain drawing findings

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bertilson, Bo C ^a   Brosjö, Eva ^b   Billing, Hans ^b   Strender, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL ROOT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPONDYLOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 77956488306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-202     Document Type: Article

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