Paraspinal skin temperature patterns: An interexaminer and intraexaminer reliability study

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-159

  Owens Jr , Edward F ^a   Hart, John F ^b   Donofrio, Joseph J ^b   Haralambous, Jason ^c   Mierzejewski, Eric ^c  

^a PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Sherman Coll Straight Chiropractic   (United States)

^c Sherman Coll Straight Chiropractic ^*

Author keywords

Assessment; Chiropractic; Skin Temperature; Thermography; Vertebral Subluxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AVERAGE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MICROCOMPUTER; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

EID: 2342499803     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2003.12.019     Document Type: Article

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