Implications for the use of postural analysis as a clinical diagnostic tool: Reliability of quantifying upright standing spinal postures from photographic images

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 386-392

  Dunk, Nadine M ^a   Lalonde, Jennifer ^a   Callaghan, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back Pain; Digitization; Posture; Reliability; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERROR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; STANDING; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 23744464955     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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