Commentary on the American Medical Association guides' lumbar impairment validity checks

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2735-2737

  Zuberbier, Oonagh A ^a   Hunt, David G ^a   Kozlowski, Allan J ^a   Berkowitz, Jonathan ^b   Schultz, Izabela Z ^a,b   Crook, Joan M ^c   Milner, Ruth A ^b  

^a The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impairment; Inclinometry; Low back pain; Lumbar; Lumbosacral region; Physical examination; Range of motion; Region; Validity of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MOVEMENT; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INCLINOMETRY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035893945     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200112150-00023     Document Type: Article

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