Can manipulative physiotherapists agree on which lumbar level to treat based on palpation?

Physiotherapy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-81

  Downey, Brian ^a   Taylor, Nicholas ^a   Niere, Ken ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Manual therapy; Palpation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOBILIZATION; PALPATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037329614     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60578-0     Document Type: Article

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