A new sign of inappropriate lower back pain

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 342-343

  Blom, Ashley ^a   Taylor, Adrian ^a   Whitehouse, Sarah ^a   Orr, Bill ^a   Smith, Evert ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heel tap test; Lower back pain; Waddell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEEL; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOADING TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PELVIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SITTING; SKULL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036742948     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760452682     Document Type: Article

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