Intrarater and interrater reliability of assessment of lumbar multifidus muscle thickness using rehabilitative ultrasound imaging

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 608-612

  Wallwork, Tracy L ^a   Hides, Julie A ^b,c   Stanton, Warren R ^c  

^a University of Queensland ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back muscles; Lumbar spine; Muscle assessment; Repeatability; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 35048844229     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2007.2418     Document Type: Article

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