Interexaminer reliability of the deltoid and psoas muscle test

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-56

  Pollard, Henry ^a,c   Lakay, Bronwyn ^b   Tucker, Frances ^b   Watson, Brett ^b   Bablis, Peter ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ONE Research Foundation ^*

^c ONE Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Deltoid Muscle; Muscle Test; Psoas Muscle; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PSOAS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 13944277052     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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