Interrater reliability of judgments of the centralization phenomenon and status change during movement testing in patients with low back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-61

  Fritz, Julie M ^a,c   Delitto, Anthony ^a   Vignovic, Michelle ^a   Busse, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Spine Therapy Center   (United States)

^c 6035 Forbes Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Movement; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033989446     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.0810057     Document Type: Article

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