Inter-rater reliability and between-days repeatability of eight physical performance tests

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 146-160

  Horneij, Eva ^a   Holmström, Eva ^b   Hemborg, Bertil ^a   Isberg, Per Erik ^b   Ekdahl, Charlotte ^b  

^a Ramlosa Brunnshotell   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lifting test; Muscular endurance; Nursing aides; Standing balance; Working population

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BACK MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SHOULDER; STANDING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0036971416     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190260501596     Document Type: Review

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