Inter-tester reliability of discriminatory examination items for sub-classifying non-specific low back pain
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Inter-tester reliability of discriminatory examination items for sub-classifying non-specific low back pain.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the inter-tester reliability of a non-specific low back pain examination procedure, for sub-classifying non-specific low back pain. DESIGN Reliability study. PARTICIPANTS Thirty patients with non-specific low back pain (12 males, 18 females, mean age: 27.7 years (standard deviation 10.3) and 7 physiotherapists (raters). METHODS Based on a health professionals' con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1650-1977
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0950