Passive intervertebral motion tests for diagnosis of lumbar segmental instability
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Clinical tests to diagnose lumbar segmental instability: a systematic review.
STUDY DESIGN Systematic literature review. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests used to diagnose patients with structural lumbar segmental instability (LSI). BACKGROUND Patients with structural LSI represent an important, identifiable subgrouping of individuals with low back pain. Numerous clinical tests have been proposed to diagnose structural LSI; however, dat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0004-9514
DOI: 10.1016/s0004-9514(07)70067-3