Diagnostic utility of clinical tests for spinal dysfunction

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Cook, Chad ^a   Hegedus, Eric ^b  

^a WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Diagnostic accuracy; Lumbar spine; Quality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCOGENIC PAIN; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THORACIC SPINE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 78650256203     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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