Clinical validation study to measure the performance of the Nerve Root Sedimentation Sign for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 470-474

  Staub, Lukas P ^a   Barz, Thomas ^b   Melloh, Markus ^c   Lord, Sarah J ^a,d   Chatfield, Mark ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Asklepios Klinikum Uckermark   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical validation; Diagnosis; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953053808     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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