Incremental ability of needle electromyography to detect radiculopathy in patients with radiating low back pain using different diagnostic criteria

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 990-992

  Tong, Henry C ^a  

^a Michigan Head and Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Radiculopathy; Rehabilitation; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RADICULOPATHY; RESEARCH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84861576628     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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