Appropriate Use of Lumbar Imaging for Evaluation of Low Back Pain

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 569-585

  Chou, Roger ^a,b   Deyo, Richard A ^a,b,c   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^d,e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Low back pain; MRI; Radiography

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE IMAGING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84861525824     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2012.04.005     Document Type: Review

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