If a Clinical Diagnostic Test for Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy

question 2

Multiple Choice

If a clinical diagnostic test for patients with cervical radiculopathy is positive in 95% of patients who truly have the disease,but it is also positive in a large number of healthy individuals,what is this test most useful for?

• A)Ruling out cervical radiculopathy.
• B)Ruling in cervical radiculopathy.
• C)Neither ruling in nor ruling out cervical radiculopathy.
• D)Both ruling in and ruling out cervical radiculopathy.

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