Agreement and reliability of two non-invasive methods for assessing cervical range of motion among young adults;Concordância e confiabilidade de dois métodos não-invasivos para a avaliação da amplitude de movimento cervical em adultos jovens

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Florêncio, Lidiane L ^a   Pereira, Patrícia A ^a   Silva, Elaine R T ^a   Pegoretti, Kátia S ^a   Gonçalves, Maria C ^a   Bevilaqua Grossi, Débora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cervical range of motion; CROM; Fleximeter; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952922412     PISSN: 14133555     EISSN: 18099246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-35552010005000011     Document Type: Article

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