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== Red Herrings == | == Red Herrings == | ||
== Spinal Masquaraders == | == Spinal Masquaraders == | ||
= Epidemiology of red flags = | = Epidemiology of red flags = | ||
= Subjective History = | = Subjective History = | ||
= Objective History<br> | = Objective History = | ||
Fiona's bit<br> | |||
= Recent Related Research (from [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ Pubmed]) = | = Recent Related Research (from [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ Pubmed]) = |
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What are red flags?[edit | edit source]
Part of the UK guidelines of an assessment for lower back pain is too rule out serious pathology and identify red flags (Koes et al 2010). Red flags are features from a patients subjective and objective assessment which is thought to put them at a higher risk of serious pathology and warrant referral for further diagnostic assessment (Henschke et al 2013). Red flags are often a contraindication to many Physiotherapy treatments.
Although red flags have a valid role to play in assessment and diagnosis they should also be used with caution. Some guidelines contain no information on diagnostic accuracy for individual red flags, so it is the responsibility of individual practitioners to make themselves aware of these. Other guidelines even recommend immediate referral to imaging if any red flag is present, which could lead to many unnecessary referrals if clinicians did not clinically reason their referral (Downie et al. 2013).
History of red flags[edit | edit source]
Red Herrings[edit | edit source]
Spinal Masquaraders[edit | edit source]
Epidemiology of red flags[edit | edit source]
Subjective History[edit | edit source]
Objective History[edit | edit source]
Fiona's bit
Recent Related Research (from Pubmed)[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
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