Validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the fingertip-to-floor test

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1566-1570

  Perret, Caroline ^a   Poiraudeau, Serge ^a   Fermanian, Jacques ^b   Lefèvre Colau, Marie Martine ^a   Mayoux Benhamou, Marie Anne ^a,b   Revel, Michel ^a  

^a Université René Descartes ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Evaluation studies; Exercise therapy; Low back pain; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Spine motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGERTIP TO FLOOR TEST; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034748134     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.26064     Document Type: Article

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