Reliability of the Assessment of Lumbar Range of Motion and Maximal Isometric Strength in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 788-791

  Roussel, Nathalie A ^a,c   Truijen, Steven ^a   De Kerf, Ilse ^a   Lambeets, Dirk ^a   Nijs, Jo ^a,b   Stassijns, Gaëtane ^c  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Low back pain; Range of motion; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; POWER ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949146151     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.039     Document Type: Article

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