Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging of the supraspinatus muscle: Intra- and interrater reliability of thickness and cross-sectional area

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-272

  Schneebeli, Alessandro ^a   Egloff, Michele ^a   Giampietro, Amelia ^b   Clijsen, Ron ^a   Barbero, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging; Reliability; Sonography; Supraspinatus muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REHABILITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER;

EID: 84897965205     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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