Effect of position on the posteroanterior stiffness of the lumbar spine

Manual Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Edmondston, S J ^a   Allison, G T ^a   Gregg, C D ^a   Purden, S M ^a   Svansson, G R ^a   Watson, A E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032006042     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1998.0312     Document Type: Article

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