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01-04-2014 | Reviewer's Comment

Reviewer’s comment concerning “Is NICE guidance for identifying lumbar nerve root compression misguided?” (doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3233-y by T. Germon et al.)

Author: Sashin Ahuja

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 1/2014

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This study is pertinent from the current ongoing consultation from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) with regards update on the low back pain guidance. As per the 2009 guidance, radiculopathy or nerve pain as stated is “People with radiculopathy and/or nerve root pain (unilateral leg pain worse than the back pain, pain radiating to the foot or toes, numbness and paraesthesia in same distribution, which is associated with motor neurological deficit)”. …

Title: Reviewer’s comment concerning “Is NICE guidance for identifying lumbar nerve root compression misguided?” (doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3233-y by T. Germon et al.)
Author: Sashin Ahuja
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-014-3235-9

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Reviewer’s comment concerning “Is NICE guidance for identifying lumbar nerve root compression misguided?” (doi:10.1007/s00586-014-3233-y by T. Germon et al.)

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At a glance: The STEP trials

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