Indicating spinal joint mobilisations or manipulations in patients with neck or low-back pain: protocol of an inter-examiner reliability study among manual therapists.

Background: Manual spinal joint mobilisations and manipulations are widely used treatments in patients with neck and low-back pain. Inter-examiner reliability of passive intervertebral motion assessment of the cervical and lumbar spine, perceived as important for indicating these interventions, is p...

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Published in:Chiropractic & Manual Therapies Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 24
Main Authors: van Trijffel, Emiel, Lindeboom, Robert, Bossuyt, Patrick M. M., Schmitt, Maarten A., Lucas, Cees, Koes, Bart W., Oostendorp, Rob A. B.
Format: protocol Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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