Inter-examiner reliability of four static palpation tests used for assessing pelvic dysfunction

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-56

  Holmgren, Ulrika ^a   Waling, Kerstin ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inter tester reliability; Physical therapy; Reproducibility; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN; PALPATION; PELVIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIAC PAIN; SACRUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PELVIC BONES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 38649134478     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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