The interrater reliability among physical therapists newly trained in a classification system for acute low back pain

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 430-439

  Heiss, Deborah Givens ^a,e   Fitch, David S ^b   Fritz, Julie M ^c   Sanchez, Wendy J ^d   Roberts, Kay E ^d   Buford, John A ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Examination; Low back syndrome; Lumbar spine; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRAINING;

EID: 4043137943     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2004.1555     Document Type: Article

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