Lumbar spine segmental mobility assessment: An examination of validity for determining intervention strategies in patients with low back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1745-1752

  Fritz, Julie M ^a,d   Whitman, Julie M ^b   Childs, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Low back pain; Physical examination; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25144506045     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.03.028     Document Type: Article

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