Reliability of reporting differences in degenerative MRI findings of the lumbar spine from the supine to the upright position.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the inter-rater reliability of identifying differences and types of differences in lumbar degenerative findings comparing supine and upright MRI.

Materials and methods

Fifty-nine participants, low back pain patients (LBP) with or without leg pain and no-LBP individuals were consecutively enrolled to receive supine and upright MRI of the lumbar spine. Three raters independently evaluated the MRIs for degenerative spinal pathologies and compared for differences. Presence/absence of degenerative findings were recorded for all supine and upright images, and then differences from the supine to the upright positions were classified into no-change, appeared, disappeared, worsened, or improved at each individual disc level. Reliability and agreement were calcu

SUBMITTER: Doktor K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463326 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature