Clinical measurement of the thoracic kyphosis. A study of the intra-rater reliability in subjects with and without shoulder pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lewis, Jeremy S ^a,b,c   Valentine, Rachel E ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCLINOMETER; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SHOULDER PAIN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THORAX; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950242665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-39     Document Type: Article

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