Nerve root sedimentation sign for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis: Reliability, sensitivity, and specificity

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Tomkins Lane, Christy C ^a   Quint, Douglas J ^b   Gabriel, Shaun ^b   Melloh, Markus ^c   Haig, Andrew J ^b  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

diagnosis; imaging; low back pain; lumbar spinal stenosis; magnetic resonance; reliability; sedimentation sign; sensitivity; specifi city; vascular claudication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT SEDIMENTATION SIGN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84888128933     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a8c2da     Document Type: Article

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