The inter-rater reliability of a standardised classification system for pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Gutke, Annelie ^a   Kjellby Wendt, Gunilla ^b,c   Öberg, Birgitta ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Classification; Low back pain; Pregnancy; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MECHANICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANGE OF MOTION; RECUMBENCY; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 73449125088     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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