If a Clinical Diagnostic Test for Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy

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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