Inter-examiner reliability of a classification system for patients with non-specific low back pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-561

  Vibe Fersum, K ^a   O'Sullivan, P B ^b   Kvale A ^a   Skouen, J S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agreement; Classification; Low back pain; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67849086635     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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