Diagnostic models to predict structural spinal osteoarthritis on lumbar radiographs in older adults with back pain: Development and internal validation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

It is difficult for health care providers to diagnose structural spinal osteoarthritis (OA), because current guidelines recommend against imaging in patients with back pain. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and internally validate multivariable diagnostic prediction models based on a set of clinical and demographic features to be used for the diagnosis of structural spinal OA on lumbar radiographs in older patients with back pain.

Design

Three diagnostic prediction models, for structural spinal OA on lumbar radiographs (i.e. multilevel osteophytes, multilevel disc space narrowing (DSN), and both combined), were developed and internally validated in the 'Back Complaints in Older Adults' (BACE) cohort (N ​= ​669). Model performance (i.e. overall perfor

SUBMITTER: Chamoro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342188 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature