Reliability and validity of shoulder tightness measurement in patients with stiff shoulders

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-152

  Lin, Jiu jenq ^a   Yang, Jing Lan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Reliability; Shoulder tightness; Stiff shoulder

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 33646339385     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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