Reliability of the visual assessment of cervical and lumbar lordosis: How good are we?

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1857-1859

  Fedorak, Christine ^a   Ashworth, Nigel ^a   Marshall, John ^a   Paull, Heather ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Lordosis; Physical examination; Posture; Reliability; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042975326     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000083281.48923.BD     Document Type: Article

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