Interobserver reliability of osteopathic palpatory diagnostic tests of the lumbar spine: Improvements from consensus training

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 465-473

  Degenhardt, Brian F ^a,b   Snider, Karen T ^a   Snider, Eric J ^a   Johnson, Jane C ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 28744455318     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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