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Critical Reviews™ in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

ISSN for PRINT: 0896-2960

Institutional price:	$684.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2008, Volume20

87 pages

Issue price - $205.00

Symptoms and Clinical Examinations for Assessment of Lumbar Spinal Instability

Yuichi Kasai
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Koji Akeda
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Toshibumi Kono
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Yoshihiro Matsumura
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Atsumasa Uchida
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

ABSTRACT

Many studies have described the symptoms and clinical examinations of lumbar spinal instability. However, no consensus has been reached because of the ambiguous definition of lumbar spinal instability and its judgment criteria. In this article, symptoms and clinical examination findings that may be useful for the assessment of lumbar spinal instability are first described. Our previous study results on symptoms are then presented, followed by the sensitivity and specificity of clinical examinations, with respective illustrations of the test methods.