Isokinetic and psychophysical lifting strength, static back muscle endurance, and magnetic resonance imaging of the paraspinal muscles as predictors of low back pain in men

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-191

  Gibbons, Laura E ^a   Videman, Tapio ^b,c,d   Battié, Michele Crites ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lifting; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle skeletal; Muscular atrophy; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

EID: 0030748402     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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