Degenerative findings on MRI of the cervical spine: an inter- and intra-rater reliability study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge about the assessment reliability of common cervical spine changes is a prerequisite for precise and consistent communication about Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings. The purpose of this study was to determine the inter- and intra-rater reliability of degenerative findings when assessing cervical spine MRI.

Methods

Fifty cervical spine MRIs from subjects with neck pain were used. A radiologist, a chiropractor and a second-year resident of rheumatology independently assessed kyphosis, disc height, disc contour, vertebral endplate signal changes, spinal canal stenosis, neural foraminal stenosis, and osteoarthritis of the uncovertebral and zygapophyseal joints. An evaluation manual was composed containing classifications and illustrative examples, an

SUBMITTER: Moll LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6190655 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature