Palpation identification of spinous processes in the lumbar spine

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  Harlick, Joanne C ^a   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   Milburn, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Clinical palpation; Lumbar spine; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PALPATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PALPATION;

EID: 33846600366     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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