Validity and Reproducibility of the Measurements Obtained Using the Flexicurve Instrument to Evaluate the Angles of Thoracic and Lumbar Curvatures of the Spine in the Sagittal Plane

Validity and Reproducibility of the Measurements Obtained Using the Flexicurve Instrument to Evaluate the Angles of Thoracic and Lumbar Curvatures of the Spine in the Sagittal Plane

Objective. to verify the validity and reproducibility of using the flexicurve to measure the angles of the thoracic and lumbar curvatures. Method. 47 subjects were evaluated by: (1) palpation and marking of the spinous processes using lead markers, (2) using X-rays in the sagittal plane to measure t...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Scheeren de Oliveira, Cláudia Tarragô Candotti, Marcelo La Torre, Patricia Paula Tonin Pelinson, Tássia Silveira Furlanetto, Fernanda Machado Kutchak, Jefferson Fagundes Loss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Rehabilitation Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/186156

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