Strength and flexibility characteristics of athletes with chronic low-back pain

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 275-286

  Ashmen, Kathleen J ^a   Buz Swanik, C ^a   Lephart, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TIME; TRUNK;

EID: 0029952075     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.5.4.275     Document Type: Article

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