Comparison of methods of measuring active cervical range of motion

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Whitcroft, Katherine L ^a   Massouh, Laura ^a   Amirfeyz, Rouin ^b   Bannister, Gordon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accuracy; cervical spine; range of motion; reliability; tape measurement; universal goniometer; visual estimation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL RANGE OF MOTION; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; ROTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956397272     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181cd6176     Document Type: Article

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