OBJECTIVE: Although most causes of @entity490 have a visceral origin, the musculoskeletal system must be considered when the cause is not obvious. This prospective study aimed to identify questions that would aid the diagnosis of @entity1 with @entity4512 . DESIGN: Assessment of consecutive @entity1 with @entity490 recruited from gastroenterological outpatient clinics to develop diagnostic pointers to identify @entity490 arising from @entity85 . @entity1 : Subjects with benign @entity490 , with or without a change in bowel habit, were recruited from gastroenterological clinics. @entity1 with inflammatory or @entity5 were excluded. SETTING: The study was conducted in the Physiotherapy Department, @entity9462 Trust Hospital, Cambridge. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: A set of questions developed to indicate a musculoskeletal cause of a @entity1 's abdominal symptoms. RESULTS The questions 'Does taking a deep breath aggravate your symptoms?' and 'Does twisting your back aggravate your symptoms?' had a significant positive indication of abdominal symptoms of musculoskeletal origin. The questions 'Has there been any change in bowel habit since onset of your symptoms?', 'Does eating foods aggravate your symptoms?' and 'Has there been any weight change since onset of symptoms?' had a significant negative indication for abdominal symptoms not of musculoskeletal origin. A combination of these questions gave 96% specificity and 67% sensitivity. CONCLUSION: These questions may help with the early identification of @entity1 with @entity4512 and will be tested in further studies.

Derivation and identification of questions that act as predictors of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity4512 :: ('MESH:D059352', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain of musculoskeletal origin'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['neoplastic disease'] @entity9462 :: ('MESH:C538336', 'Disease') :: ["Addenbrooke's NHS"] @entity490 :: ('MESH:D015746', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain'] @entity85 :: ('MESH:D009140', 'Disease') :: ['musculoskeletal disorders']
@entity4512 :: (MESH:D059352,Disease) :: ['abdominal pain of musculoskeletal origin']
