Interexaminer Reliability of the Hip Extension Test for Suspected Impaired Motor Control of the Lumbar Spine

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 374-377

  Murphy, Donald R ^a   Byfield, David ^b   McCarthy, Peter ^b   Humphreys, Kim ^c   Gregory, Amy A ^d   Rochon, Ryan ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d Rhode Island Spine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip; Low Back Pain; Reproducibility of Results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HIP EXTENSION TEST; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPINE DISEASE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 33744509400     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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