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TEST BILATERAL [4 records]

Record 1 2013-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physiotherapy
  • Chiropractic
CONT

The arbitrator found no causal relationship based on inconsistencies in the records of the treating physicians. Primarily, this concerned inconsistencies with the petitioner’s complaints of pain in his legs. He initially had a negative bilateral straight leg raise test. A few weeks later another doctor described a positive bilateral straight leg raise at 40 degrees.

OBS

Negative results provided by the bilateral straight leg raise test indicate no motion problem in the lumbar region.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Physiothérapie
  • Chiropratique
OBS

Les résultats négatifs du test en bilatéral, ou double élévation des jambes tendues(DEJT), indiquent qu'il n’ y a aucun problème de mobilisation au niveau lombaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A test for the statistical stability (or statistical significance) of a difference when it is assumed that the difference may be in either direction. An actual situation and the method of data-gathering may permit A to be either less or more than B; the test is to see whether the actual obtained difference is of a magnitude likely to be found by chance.

OBS

two-sided test: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
OBS

test bilatéral : terme normalisé par l'ISO et l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

The given number which limits the critical region.

OBS

The choice between a one-sided test and a two-sided test is determined by the alternative hypothesis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
DEF

Nombre donné limitant la région critique.

OBS

Le choix entre un test unilatéral et un test bilatéral est déterminé par l'hypothèse alternative.

Spanish

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