Clinical assessment of scapular positioning in musicians: An intertester reliability study

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 519-526

  Struyf, Filip ^a,b   Nijs, Jo ^a,b,d   De Coninck, Kris ^a   Giunta, Marco ^a   Mottram, Sarah ^c   Meeusen, Romain ^b  

^a University College Antwerp   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Kinetic Control   (United Kingdom)

^d Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Observation; Scapular winging; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SCAPULA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPULA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349158100     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-44.5.519     Document Type: Article

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