Reliability of the Southampton examination schedule for the diagnosis of upper limb disorders in the general population

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1103-1106

  Walker Bone, K ^a   Byng, P ^a   Linaker, C ^a   Reading, I ^a   Coggon, D ^a   Palmer, K T ^a   Cooper, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK MUSCLE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTHAMPTON EXAMINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036892686     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.12.1103     Document Type: Article

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