Screening for Referral of Serious Pathology by Physical Examination Tests in Patients with Back or Chest Pain: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the most common physical examination tests (PET) for the screening for referral of patients with back or chest pain caused by serious pathology. A systematic review was conducted. Searches were performed on seven electronic databases between June 2020 and December 2021. Only studies evaluating patients with back and/or chest pain with clear reporting of PETs and prompt patient referrals were included. 316 full texts were included, and these studies had a total of 474/492 patients affected by a serious disease. Only 26 studies of them described suspicion of serious disease due to at least one positive PET. Cardiac/pulmonary auscultation and heartbeats/blood pressure measurements were the most frequently reported tests. None of the reported studies included physiotherapists an

SUBMITTER: Andreoletti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9779291 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature