Reliability and minimal detectable change of spinal length and width measurements using the Flexicurve for usual standing posture in healthy young adults

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Dunleavy, Kim ^a,b   Mariano, Herman ^a   Wiater, Timothy ^a   Goldberg, Allon ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexicurve; minimal detectable differences; postural assessment; reproducibility of results; spinal curvature; surface contour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FLEXICURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 78649648894     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2010-0269     Document Type: Article

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