Inter-therapist agreement in classifying patients with cervical radiculopathy and patients with non-specific neck-arm pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 445-450

  Tampin, Brigitte ^a,b   Briffa, Noelle Kathryn ^a   Hall, Toby ^a   Lee, Gabriel ^b   Slater, Helen ^a,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Fremantle Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Classification; Inter therapist agreement; Neck arm pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NECK PAIN; NON SPECIFIC NECK PAIN ARM PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ARM; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; RADICULOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84865161059     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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