What is the best way to apply the spurling test for cervical radiculopathy? spine

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2566-2572

  Anekstein, Yoram ^a   Blecher, Ronen ^a   Smorgick, Yossi ^a   Mirovsky, Yigal ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM PAIN; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; SPURLING TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84866369520     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2492-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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