The Correlation between Spurling Test and Imaging Studies in Detecting Cervical Radiculopathy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-378

  Shabat, Shay ^a   Leitner, Yossi ^a   David, Rami ^a   Folman, Yoram ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; CT scan; Imaging studies; MRI scan; Physical examination; Spurling test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPURLING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868199253     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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