Inter-rater reliability of three standardized functional tests in patients with low back pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tidstrand, Johan ^a,b   Horneij, Eva ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Läkargrden Physiotherapy Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PELVIS; SITTING; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STANDING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 67650963890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-58     Document Type: Article

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