A standardized protocol for measurement of range of movement of the shoulder using the Plurimeter-V inclinometer and assessment of its intrarater and interrater reliability

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-52

  Green, Sally ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a,b   Forbes, Andrew ^a   Bellamy, Nicholas ^c,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cabrini Medical Centre

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcome measurement; Range of movement; Reliability; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84988265017     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790110108     Document Type: Article

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