Measuring reliability of effort in fuctional capacity evaluations using digital video analysis

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 169-175

  Marmer, Keith S ^a,b   Velasquez, Edward M ^b   Cifu, David X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PhysioMetrics Inc   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized motion analysis; Functional capacity evaluation; Objectivity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; KINEMATICS; LAW SUIT; LIFTING EFFORT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0141670344     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2002-16408     Document Type: Article

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