Can physiotherapists locate lumbar spinal levels by palpation?

Physiotherapy

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 235-239

  McKenzie, Anne M ^a   Taylor, Nicholas F ^b  

^a Anne Caudle Centre   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Manual therapy; Palpation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKILL;

EID: 0030907564     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66213-X     Document Type: Article

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