Title |
A diagnosis-based clinical decision rule for spinal pain part 2: review of the literature
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Published in |
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, August 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-1340-16-7 |
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Authors |
Donald R Murphy, Eric L Hurwitz, Craig F Nelson |
Abstract |
Spinal pain is a common and often disabling problem. The research on various treatments for spinal pain has, for the most part, suggested that while several interventions have demonstrated mild to moderate short-term benefit, no single treatment has a major impact on either pain or disability. There is great need for more accurate diagnosis in patients with spinal pain. In a previous paper, the theoretical model of a diagnosis-based clinical decision rule was presented. The approach is designed to provide the clinician with a strategy for arriving at a specific working diagnosis from which treatment decisions can be made. It is based on three questions of diagnosis. In the current paper, the literature on the reliability and validity of the assessment procedures that are included in the diagnosis-based clinical decision rule is presented. |
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