Biplanar Measurement of Thoracolumbar Curvature in Older Adults Using an Electromagnetic Tracking Device

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Singh, Devinder K ^a   Bailey, Martin ^a   Lee, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SPINAL CURVATURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 73049117365     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.08.145     Document Type: Article

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