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Background:
Lumbar radiculopathy presents a clinical challenge among primary care
clinicians in both assessment and diagnosis. This often leads to misdiagnosis
and inappropriate treatment of patients resulting in poor health outcomes,
exacerbating this debilitating condition.
Methodology:
51 consecutive patients presenting with low backache were included in the
study. the selected clinical evaluation parameters were then correlated with
MRI findings and their accuracy was calculated using sensitivity, specificity,
positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, positive predictive value,
and negative predictive value.
Result:
The study demonstrates that certain clinical parameters are having fairly
good accuracy in diagnosing lumbar radiculopathy.
Key words: Lumbar radiculopathy, diagnostic accuracy, clinical evaluation.