Ceiling Effects and the Schober Test [7]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2732-2733

  Ward, Michael M ^a   Kuzis, Susana ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b Camino Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOBER TEST; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0347479254     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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