Sensitivity of clinical assessments of sagittal head posture

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-144

  Gadotti, Inae Caroline ^a   Biasotto Gonzalez, Daniela Aparecida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Head posture; Photogrammetry; Sagittal plane; Sensitivity; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STERNUM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77149135256     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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