Therapists' Conceptualization and Characterization of the Clinical Concept of Spinal Stiffness | Zendy

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Therapists' Conceptualization and Characterization of the Clinical Concept of Spinal Stiffness

Author(s) -

Christopher G. Maher,

Maureen J. Simmonds,

Roger Adams

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.1093/ptj/78.3.289

Subject(s) - stiffness , conceptualization , physical medicine and rehabilitation , reliability (semiconductor) , computer science , similarity (geometry) , physical therapy , orthodontics , medicine , psychology , artificial intelligence , structural engineering , engineering , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , image (mathematics)

The clinical concept of spinal stiffness provides one basis for applying spinal manipulation. Because the terms used to describe the perceptual results of manual spinal stiffness testing are poorly defined, the nature and number of attributes contained in the concept remain unclear. This study attempted to clarify the concept of spinal stiffness by examining the relationships among 31 published spinal stiffness descriptors using cluster analysis.

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