Altered abdominal muscle recruitment in patients with chronic back pain following a specific exercise intervention

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-124

  O'Sullivan, Peter B ^a,b   Twomey, Lance ^a   Allison, Garry T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Curtin University of Technology ^*

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Exercise; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0031910231     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.1998.27.2.114     Document Type: Article

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