One-footed and externally disturbed two-footed postural control in patients with chronic low back pain and healthy control subjects: A controlled study with follow-up

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2081-2089

  Luoto, Satu ^a   Aalto, Heikki ^b   Taimela, Simo ^c   Hurri, Heikki ^a   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^d   Alaranta, Hannu ^a,e  

^a Kuntoutus ORTON   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c David Back Clinic International   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Kapyla Rehab Cent   (Finland)

Author keywords

Functional restoration; Low back pain; Postural control; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VIBRATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032191757     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199810010-00008     Document Type: Article

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