A comparison of the reliability of the trochanteric prominence angle test and the alternative method in healthy subjects

Manual Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-101

  Yoon, Tae Lim ^a   Park, Kyung Mi ^a   Choi, Sil Ah ^a   Lee, Ji Hyun ^a   Jeong, Hyo Jung ^a   Cynn, Heon Seock ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Craig's test; Femoral neck anteversion; Inclinometer; Knee joint space; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGITAL INCLINOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT EXAMINATION; KNEE; MALE; MEDIAL KNEE JOINT SPACE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMARTPHONE; TRANSCONDYLAR ANGLE TEST; TROCHANTERIC PROMINENCE ANGLE TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84897421459     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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