Interexaminer Reliability and Accuracy of Posterior Superior Iliac Spine and Iliac Crest Palpation for Spinal Level Estimations

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-389

  Kim, Hye Won ^a   Ko, Young Jin ^a   Rhee, Won Ihl ^a   Lee, Jung Soo ^a   Lim, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Sang Jee ^a   Im, Sun ^a   Lee, Jong In ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Palpation; Reproducibility of Results; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; ILIAC CREST; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; POSTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE; SACRUM; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34250178789     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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