Intraobserver Reliability of Angular and Linear Measurements of Scapular Position in Subjects With and Without Symptoms

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1795-1802

  Lewis, Jeremy S ^a,b,c   Valentine, Rachel E ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Posture; Rehabilitation; Scapula; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGULAR MEASUREMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMATOME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LATERAL SCAPULAR DISPLACEMENT; LINEAR MEASUREMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER BIAS; OUTPATIENT; PATHOGENESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAPULA; SCAPULA POSITION MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTICAL SCAPULAR DISPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 49949117505     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.028     Document Type: Article

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