Reliability and validity of classification of senile postural deformity in mass examinations

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Oi, Naoyuki ^c   Tobimatsu, Yoshiko ^a   Iwaya, Tsutomu ^b   Okada, Yasuhiro ^a   Gushiken, Satoshi ^a   Kusano, Shusuke ^c   Yamamoto, Mitsuru ^c   Takakura, Yasuyuki ^c   Suyama, Tetsuo ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior curves of spine; Elderly person; Nakada's classification; Senile postural deformity; Spinal posture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CURVATURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 1842856086     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.202.105     Document Type: Article

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