Goniometer evaluation of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis in subjects during growth age: A validity study

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 176, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-251

  Gravina, Aristide R ^a   Ferraro, Claudio ^a   Frizziero, Antonio ^a   Ferraro, Marco ^a   Masiero, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kyphosis; Lordosis; Scoliosis; Spine; Surface Measurement

Indexed keywords

LINEAR REGRESSION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; CLINICAL UTILITY; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR LORDOSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

GONIOMETERS;

AGING; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRA;

AGING; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84866174495     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-067-3-247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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