Measuring health-related physical fitness in physiotherapy practice: Reliability, validity, and feasibility of clinical field tests and a patient-reported measure

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 206-216

  Tveter, Anne Therese ^a   Dagfinrud, Hanne ^a,b   Moseng, Tuva ^a   Holm, Inger ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Measurement properties; Musculoskeletal conditions; Performance based tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904006931     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2014.5042     Document Type: Article

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