An alternative method for the measurement of pelvic skeletal asymmetry (PSA) using an asymmetry ratio (AR)

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Egan, David A ^a   Cole, Joan ^b   Twomey, Lance ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Iliac rotation asymmetry; Leg length discrepancy; Pelvic skeletal asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPATION; PELVIC GIRDLE; ROTATION;

EID: 0033045464     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/106698199790811889     Document Type: Article

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