The inter-examiner reliability of a classification method for non-specific chronic low back pain patients with motor control impairment

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-39

  Dankaerts, W ^a,b   O'Sullivan, P B ^a   Straker, L M ^a   Burnett, A F ^a   Skouen, J S ^c,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agreement; Chronic low back pain; Classification; Motor control impairment; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NORWAY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 31044441160     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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