Reliability of fleximetry and goniometry for assessing cervical range of motion among children

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-289

  Chaves, T C ^a   Nagamine, H M ^b   Belli, J F C ^b   de Hannai, M C T ^b   Bevilaqua Grossi, D ^a   de Oliveira, Anamaria Siriani ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b USP ^*

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Children; Fleximetry; Goniometry; Range of motion; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149122727     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552008000400006     Document Type: Article

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