Within- and between-day reliability of spinal stiffness measurements obtained using a computer controlled mechanical indenter in individuals with and without low back pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 395-402

  Wong, Arnold Y L ^a   Kawchuk, Greg ^a   Parent, Eric ^a,b   Prasad, Narasimha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

LBP; Mechanical indentation; Reproducibility; Spinal stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE TENSION LOAD CELL TRANSDUCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMECHANICAL STEPPING MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MECHANICAL INDENTATION DEVICE; MOTORIZED INDENTATION PROBE; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; ORTHOPEDIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTARY ENCODER; SPINAL STIFFNESS; SPINE DISEASE; TRANSDUCER;

LBP; MECHANICAL INDENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL STIFFNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883275421     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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