A diagnostic study in patients with sciatica establishing the importance of localization of worsening of pain during coughing, sneezing and straining to assess nerve root compression on MRI

European Spine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1389-1392

  Verwoerd, Annemieke J H ^a   Mens, Jan ^a   el Barzouhi, Abdelilah ^b   Peul, Wilco C ^b,c   Koes, Bart W ^a   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Intervertebral disc displacement; Medical history taking; Pain; Sciatica; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATICA; SNEEZING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SCIATICA; SNEEZING;

EID: 84957561645     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-016-4393-8     Document Type: Article

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