The Reliability of a Posterior-to-Anterior Spinal Stiffness Measuring System in a Population of Patients With Low Back Pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-123

  Owens Jr , Edward F ^a   DeVocht, James W ^a   Wilder, David G ^b   Gudavalli, Maruti R ^a   Meeker, William C ^a  

^a PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Chiropractic; Low Back Pain; Lumbar Vertebrae; Reproducibility of Results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPERATOR; POSTERIOR SPINE STIFFNESS; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; ROLAND MORRIS SCORING; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 33847024925     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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