Interrater Reliability of the History and Physical Examination in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1388-1395

  Cleland, Joshua A ^a,b   Childs, John D ^c   Fritz, Julie M ^d,e   Whitman, Julie M ^f  

^a FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical history taking; Neck; Physical examination; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NECK PAIN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NECK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33749157810     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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