Video based measurement of sagittal range of spinal motion in young and older adults

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 618-622

  Kuo, Yi Liang ^a   Tully, Elizabeth A ^b   Galea, Mary P ^b  

^a SHU ZEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b School of Physiotherapy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Measurement; Range of motion; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOFTWARE; SPINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 70350719546     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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