Effects of Diagnostic Information, Per Se, on Patient Outcomes in Acute Radiculopathy and Low Back Pain
| Autor: | Michael Brant-Zawadzki, Jeffrey S. Ross, Michael T. Modic, Paul Grooff, Nancy A. Obuchowski, Lorraine Ash |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |
| ISSN: | 1936-959X 0195-6108 |
| DOI: | 10.3174/ajnr.a0999 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We conducted a prospective randomized study of patients with acute low back pain and/or radiculopathy to assess the effect of knowledge of diagnostic findings on clinical outcome. The practice of ordering spinal imaging, perhaps unintentionally, includes a large number of patients for whom the imaging test is performed for purposes of reassurance or because of patient expectations. If this rationale is valid, one would expect to see a measurable effect from diagnostic information, per se. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 246 patients with acute ( |
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