Reliability of the assessment of lumbar range of motion and maximal isometric strength

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 576-582

  Roussel, Nathalie ^a,c   Nijs, Jo ^a,b   Truijen, Steven ^a   Breugelmans, Sara ^a   Claes, Inneke ^a   Stassijns, Gaëtane ^c  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Range of motion, articular; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT MOBILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE MOBILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645334663     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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