Development of a review-of-systems screening tool for orthopaedic physical therapists: Results from the Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) cohort

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 512-526

  George, Steven Z ^a,b   Beneciuk, Jason M ^a   Bialosky, Joel E ^a   Lentz, Trevor A ^a   Zeppieri, Giorgio ^a   Pei, Qinglin ^a   Wu, Samuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Direct access; Red flag; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934272908     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2015.5900     Document Type: Article

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