Measuring thoracic excursion: Reliability of the cloth tape measure technique

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Bockenhauer, Susan E ^a   Chen, Haifan ^a   Julliard, Kell N ^a   Weedon, Jeremy ^b  

^a LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CLAVICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXHALATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; STERNUM; THORAX;

ADULT; EXHALATION; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THORACIC CAVITY;

EID: 34347351332     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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