Reliability of McKenzie classification of patients with cervical or lumbar pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-127

  Clare, Helen A ^a,b   Adams, Roger ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pain; Physical Examination; Reproducibility of Results; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCKENZIE CLASSIFICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RELIABILITY; SPINAL PAIN;

EID: 14744278736     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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