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Philip K, Lew P, Matyas TA. The inter-therapist reliability of the slump test. Aust J Physiother. 1989;35(2):89-94doi: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60499-2.
Philip, K., Lew, P., & Matyas, T. A. (1989). The inter-therapist reliability of the slump test. The Australian journal of physiotherapy, 35(2), 89-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60499-2
Philip, K, et al. "The inter-therapist reliability of the slump test." The Australian journal of physiotherapy vol. 35,2 (1989): 89-94. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60499-2
Philip K, Lew P, Matyas TA. The inter-therapist reliability of the slump test. Aust J Physiother. 1989;35(2):89-94. doi: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60499-2. PMID: 25025265.
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Aust J Physiother. 1989;35(2):89-94. doi: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60499-2.

The inter-therapist reliability of the slump test.

The Australian journal of physiotherapy

K Philip, P Lew, T A Matyas

PMID: 25025265 DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60499-2

Abstract

This study examined the inter-therapist reliability of the slump test. Six pairs of physiotherapists tested a total of 93 patients currently receiving treatment for lumbar and/or lower limb symptoms. Each pair performed two slump tests on patients during a normal clinical visit. The slump test was positive if the patients' symptoms were reproduced, and subsequently decreased with cervical extension. A second definition of positive slump required decreased symptoms and increased knee extension with cervical extension. The results indicated that the slump test has high inter-therapist reliability which is consistent with reliability findings for related clinical tests of pain.

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