Reliability of assisted indentation in measuring lumbar spinal stiffness

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-205

  Stanton, Tasha R ^a   Kawchuk, Gregory N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted indention; Indentation; Posteroanterior compression; Reliability; Spinal stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PRONE POSITION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPASM;

EID: 60949094512     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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