Lumbar muscle fatigue and chronic lower back pain

Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 992-1001

  Roy, Serge H ^a   De Luca, Carlo J ^a   Casavant, David A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Low back pain; Lumbar musculature; Median frequency; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0024464110     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198909000-00014     Document Type: Article

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