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Validity of the Spurling test in the diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy: A systematic review

2022-06-01

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>BACKGROUND</bold>: Cervical radiculopathy (CR) is a common clinical presentation. The Spurling test is a commonly used provocative test for diagnosing cervical radiculopathy. Various diagnostic accuracy studies on the validity of the Spurling test have demonstrated high specificity but variable sensitivity. <bold>OBJECTIVE</bold>: This study aimed to find an evidence-based explana...

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Literature Corpus work: a2c3ac0f-74cf-53e4-a6fa-effdc180218c
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1621985/v2

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