Systematic review of tests to identify the disc, SIJ or facet joint as the source of low back pain.PDF

Eur Spine J (2007) 16:1539–1550 DOI 10.1007/s00586-007-0391-1 REVIEW ARTICLE Systematic review of tests to identify the disc, SIJ or facet joint as the source of low back pain M. J. Hancock Æ C. G. Maher Æ J. Latimer Æ M. F. Spindler Æ J. H. McAuley Æ M. Laslett Æ N. Bogduk Received: 4 March 2007 / Accepted: 19 April 2007 / Published online: 14 June 2007 Springer-Verlag 2007 Abstract Clinical practice guidelines state that the tissue mative +LR ( 2) in the majority of studies increasing the source of low back pain cannot be specified in the probab