Barrette Kevin, Levin Joshua, Miles Derek, Kennedy David J
Department of Orthopedics, Stanford University, 450 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Department of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Stanford University, 213 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2018 Nov;29(4):681-687. doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2018.06.004. Epub 2018 Aug 2.
The utility of electrodiagnostic testing for spine pathologies varies based on the underlying suspected pathology. This article reviews the data on electrodiagnostic testing for common spine pathologies, with a specific focus on the prognostic data with regard to treatment outcomes. This information is placed into context of diagnostic confidence, which is derived from the combination of disease prevalence and the sensitivity and specificity of a test.
电诊断测试在脊柱疾病中的效用因潜在的疑似疾病而异。本文回顾了关于常见脊柱疾病电诊断测试的数据,特别关注与治疗结果相关的预后数据。这些信息被置于诊断可信度的背景下,诊断可信度来自疾病患病率以及测试的敏感性和特异性的综合。