PTNarrative ReviewThe Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy2019

Are Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologies Crucial to Our Understanding of Spinal Conditions?

Rebecca J Crawford, Maryse Fortin, Kenneth A Weber, Andrew Smith, James M Elliott

PMID 30913967

WHAT IT FOUND

This is a clinical commentary on magnetic resonance imaging research for spinal conditions.

It has no original results, so it does not tell therapists what to change.

What this paper is

This is a clinical commentary reviewing magnetic resonance imaging of spinal muscles, spinal cord, and brain in spinal conditions. It discusses methods, possible findings from cited studies, and future research directions, but it reports no original methods, participants, or results. There is no finding here to change practice on.

The easy way to misread this

Do not treat the commentary as evidence that these magnetic resonance imaging methods are ready for routine clinical decisions.

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