The Reproducibility of a Clinical Grading System of Motor Control in Patients with Low Back Pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 501-508

  Sedaghat, Negin ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   Maher, Christopher ^a   Wisbey Roth, Trish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b 'Take Control' Active Rehab Physiotherapy ^*

Author keywords

Abdominal Muscles; Low Back Pain; Palpation; Reproducibility of Results

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548548733     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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