Magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing lumbar spinal pathology in adult patients with low back pain or sciatica: A diagnostic systematic review

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 220-227

  Wassenaar, Merel ^a,b   Van Rijn, Rogier M ^c   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,d   Verhagen, Arianne P ^c   Van Der Windt, Danielle A W M ^e   Koes, Bart W ^c   De Boer, Michiel R ^a   Ginai, Abida Z ^c   Ostelo, Raymond W J G ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Diagnostic imaging; Low back pain; MRI; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDLINE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCIATICA; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84861319880     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-2019-8     Document Type: Review

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