Spinal mobility: Sagittal range of motion measured with the SpinalMouse, a new non-invasive device

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Post, R B ^a   Leferink, V J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inter rater reliability; Intersegmental range of motion; Spinal sagittal range of motion; SpinalMouse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINE;

EID: 2342444264     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0641-1     Document Type: Article

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