The intra-rater reliability of measured thoracic spine mobility in chronic rotator cuff pathology

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 314-319

  Anderson, V B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Reliability; Rotator cuff; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACIC SPINE EXTENSION; THORACIC SPINE LATERAL FLEXION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 83455197054     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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