Lack of uniform diagnostic criteria for cervical radiculopathy in conservative intervention studies: A systematic review

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1459-1470

  Thoomes, Erik J ^a,b   Scholten Peeters, Gwendolijne G M ^a,b   De Boer, Alice J ^a   Olsthoorn, Remy A ^a   Verkerk, Karin ^a,b   Lin, Christine ^c   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a,b  

^a ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Definition; Diagnostic labelling; Review

Indexed keywords

NAPROXEN; PLACEBO; RANITIDINE; THIAMINE;

ARM PAIN; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACTION THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY;

HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865018642     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2297-9     Document Type: Review

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