The relationship between submaximal activity of the lumbar extensor muscles and lumbar posteroanterior stiffness

Physical Therapy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 278-285

  Shirley, Debra ^a   Lee, Michael ^a   Ellis, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Lumbar stiffness; Muscle activation; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033041587     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/79.3.278     Document Type: Article

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