The interrater reliability of static palpation of the thoracic spine for eliciting tenderness and stiffness to test for a manipulable lesion

Abstract Background Despite widespread use by manual therapists, there is little evidence regarding the reliability of thoracic spine static palpation to test for a manipulable lesion using stiffness or tenderness as diagnostic markers. We aimed to determine the interrater agreement of thoracic spin...

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Published in:	Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
Main Authors:	Amber M. Beynon, Jeffrey J. Hebert, Bruce F. Walker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-12-01
Subjects:	“Static palpation” Thoracic Reliability Chiropractic Tenderness “Manipulable lesion”
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12998-018-0218-7