Subjective and objective descriptors of clinical lumbar spine instability: A Delphi study

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-21

  Cook, Chad ^a   Brismée, Jean Michel ^b   Sizer Jr , Phillip S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical instability; Delphi; Lumbar spine; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SKILL; SPINE INSTABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31044448793     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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