Construct validity of clinical tests for alar ligament integrity: An evaluation using magnetic resonance imaging

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 718-725

  Osmotherly, Peter G ^a   Rivett, Darren A ^a   Rowe, Lindsay J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860629329     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110261     Document Type: Article

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