Within-day reliability of shoulder range of motion measurement with a smartphone

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-304

  Shin, Seung Han ^a   Ro, Du Hyun ^a   Lee, O Sung ^a   Oh, Joo Han ^a,b   Kim, Sae Hoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinometers; Range of motion; Shoulder; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; RELIABILITY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER ABDUCTION; SHOULDER EXTERNAL ROTATION; SHOULDER FLEXION; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER INTERNAL ROTATION; SMARTPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; SOFTWARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84862807581     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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