Reliability of physical examination tests used in the assessment of patients with shoulder problems: A systematic review

Physiotherapy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-190

  May, Stephen ^a   Chance Larsen, Ken ^a   Littlewood, Chris ^a   Lomas, Dave ^a   Saad, Mahmoud ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical examination; Reliability; Shoulder; Systematic review; Tests

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDLINE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77955275125     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2009.12.002     Document Type: Review

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