Acceptability and Practicality of Musculoskeletal Examination in Acute General Pediatric Assessment

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-662

  Goff, Iain ^a   Bateman, Belinda ^a   Myers, Andrea ^a,b   Foster, Helen ^b,c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Newcastle Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EXAMINATION; PEDIATRIC GAIT, ARMS, LEGS AND SPINE SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77949487893     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.10.047     Document Type: Article

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