Reliability of novice raters in using the movement system impairment approach to classify people with low back pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-40

  Henry, Sharon M ^a   Van Dillen, Linda R ^b   Trombley, Andrea R ^a   Dee, Justine M ^a   Bunn, Janice Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification of low back pain; Reliability; Subgrouping of low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING CURVE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOVEMENT SYSTEM IMPAIRMENT APPROACH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; ROTATION; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84871926289     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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