Psoas muscle and lumbar spine stability: A concept uniting existing controversies. Critical review and hypothesis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 577-585

  Penning, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Psoas muscle; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SHEAR RATE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; PSOAS MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0034530225     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860000184     Document Type: Article

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