Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) "Iversen, Trond"
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Lumbosacral radiculopathy managed in multidisciplinary back clinics. Diagnostic accuracy, prognostic factors and efficacy of epidural injection therapy.
Iversen, Trond (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2015-10-27)The accuracy of individual clinical index tests used to predict imaging findings of nerve root impingement in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy is low when applied in specialized care, but clinicians’ overall evaluation improves diagnostic accuracy slightly. The diagnostic accuracy of individual index tests was low with no tests reaching positive LR >4.0 or negative LR <0.4. The overall ...