Effects of a three-month therapeutic exercise programme on flexibility in subjects with low back pain

Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-61

  Kuukkanen, Tiina ^a   Mälkiä, Esko ^b  

^a Centre for Sexual Health Promotion   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; PSOAS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLIABILITY; PSOAS MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINE; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033644620     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.183     Document Type: Article

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