The reliability measurements of lateral scapular slide test at three different degrees of shoulder joint abduction

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-293

  Shadmehr, A ^a   Bagheri, H ^a   Ansari, N N ^a   Sarafraz, H ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; SCAPULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCAPULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950197590     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.050872     Document Type: Article

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