Palpation for muscular tenderness in the anterior chest wall: An observer reliability study

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 469-475

  Christensen, Henrik Wulff ^a   Vach, Werner ^b   Manniche, Claus ^c   Haghfelt, Torben ^a   Hartvigsen, Lisbet ^d   Høilund Carlsen, Poul Flemming ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Ringe Hospital   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Chest Pain; Observer Variation; Reliability; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MYALGIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0142231978     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-4754(03)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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