TY - JOUR AU - Cooperstein, Robert AU - Young, Morgan PY - 2016 DA - 2016/12/20 TI - The reliability of spinal motion palpation determination of the location of the stiffest spinal site is influenced by confidence ratings: a secondary analysis of three studies JO - Chiropractic & Manual Therapies SP - 50 VL - 24 IS - 1 AB - This is a secondary analysis of three previous studies on the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines. It uses continuous analysis of the stiffest spinal site rather than more typical level-by-level analysis to assess interexaminer reliability, and the impacts of examiner confidence and spinal region. The primary goal was secondary analysis of the combined data; secondary goal was de novo analysis of combined data emphasizing absolute indices of examiner agreement; and tertiary goal was analysis of actual vs. simulated data to determine to what degree the information provided by motion palpation impacted interexaminer reliability. SN - 2045-709X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-016-0131-x DO - 10.1186/s12998-016-0131-x ID - Cooperstein2016 ER -