Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the clinical trunk muscle endurance tests in low back pain

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 640-647

  Arab, Amir Massoud ^a   Salavati, Mahyar ^a   Ebrahimi, Ismaeil ^b   Mousavi, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IRAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34547837473     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507076353     Document Type: Article

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