Reliability and validity of a palpation technique for identifying the spinous processes of C7 and L5

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-414

  Robinson, Roar ^a,b   Robinson, Hilde Stendal ^c   Bjørke, Gustav ^b   Kvale, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Hans and Olaf Physiotherapy Clinic   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Palpation procedure; Reliability; Spinous process; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PALPATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALIDITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67349240930     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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