Measurement of active rotation in standing: Reliability of a simple test protocol

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 619-628

  Evans, Kerrie ^a,b   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Adams, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPORT; STATISTICS; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33846260891     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.2.619-628     Document Type: Article

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