The inter-tester reliability of a clinical measurement used to determine the medial/lateral orientation of the patella

Manual Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-167

  Herrington, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATELLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SUPINE POSITION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTHRALGIA; BONE MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTHRALGIA; BONE MALALIGNMENT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PATELLA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036702011     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.2002.0463     Document Type: Article

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