Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain: Intertester Reliability of 3 Tests to Determine Asymmetric Mobility of the Sacroiliac Joints

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-136

  van Kessel Cobelens, Anneke M ^a   Verhagen, Arianne P ^b   Mens, Jan M ^b   Snijders, Chris J ^b   Koes, Bart W ^b  

^a Nieuw Vennep ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures; Pain; Pelvis; Physical Examination; Reproducibility of Results; Sacroiliac Joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRICS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREGNANCY; RELIABILITY; SACROILIAC JOINT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 40049100784     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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