Lumbar range of motion: Influence of time of day and individual factors on measurements

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1339-1343

  Ensink, Franz Bernhard M ^a   Saur, Petra M M ^a   Frese, Knut ^a   Seeger, Dagmar ^a   Hildebrandt, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

inclinometer technique; lumbar range of motion; tape measurements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0030029827     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199606010-00012     Document Type: Article

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