Clinical screening tests for assessing movement control in non-specific low-back pain. A systematic review of intra- and inter-observer reliability studies

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-110

  Carlsson, Hannah ^a   Rasmussen Barr, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Movement control; Physical examination; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE; CROOK LYING HIP ABDUCTION; FORWARD BENDING; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT POSITION SENSE; KINEMATICS; LATERAL ROTATION; LEG LOWERING; LOW BACK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONE LEG STANCE; PELVIC TILT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONE HIP EXTENSION; PRONE HIP ROTATION; PRONE KNEE FLEXION; QUADRUPED ARM LIFT; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; ROCKING BACK; ROCKING FORWARD; SCREENING TEST; SIDELYING HIP ABDUCTION; SITTING FORWARD LEAN; SITTING KNEE EXTENSION; SITTING ON A BOBATH BALL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRUNK LATERAL FLEXION; UNILATERAL PELVIC LIFT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WISBEY ROTH GRADING SYSTEM;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875368277     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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