Lumbar spine range of motion as a measure of physical and functional impairment: An investigation of validity

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-218

  Nattrass, Caroline L ^b   Nitschke, Julie E ^b   Disler, Peter B ^a   Chou, Michael J ^b   Ooi, Kathleen T ^b  

^a North West Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REHABILITATION MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033013570     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921599672501899     Document Type: Article

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