Measurement properties of a hand-held inclinometer during straight leg raise neurodynamic testing

Physiotherapy

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-179

  Boyd, Benjamin S ^a  

^a SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanosensitivity; Minimal detectable change; Neural tension; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGITAL GONIOMETER; DIGITAL INCLINOMETER; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HAND HELD INCLINOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRAIGHT LEG RAISE NEURODYNAMIC TESTING; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84859785870     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2011.04.352     Document Type: Article

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