Reliability of Zygapophysial Joint Space Measurements Made from Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans of Acute Low Back Pain Subjects: Comparison of 2 Statistical Methods

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-225

  Cramer, Gregory D ^a   Cantu, Joe A ^b   Pocius, Judith D ^a   Cambron, Jerrilyn A ^c   McKinnis, Ray A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Consulting Biostatistician ^*

^c Biostatistician   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Manipulation, Spinal; Reliability; Zygapophysial Joint

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAVITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RELIABILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHIROPRACTIC; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION;

EID: 77949897984     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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