The reliability of the clinical tests and questions recommended in international guidelines for low back pain

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 921-926

  McCarthy, Christopher James ^a   Gittins, Matthew ^b   Roberts, Christopher ^b   Oldham, Jacqueline Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Guidelines; Low back pain; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 34247238823     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000259864.21869.26     Document Type: Article

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