Thoracolumbar proprioception in individuals with and without low back pain: Intratester reliability, clinical applicability, and validity

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 327-335

  Koumantakis, George A ^a   Winstanley, Julie ^a   Oldham, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrogoniometer; Muscle spindle; Neuromuscular dysfunction; Position sense

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BONE ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PAIN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RELIABILITY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035991667     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2002.32.7.327     Document Type: Article

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