Sensory-motor control of the lower back: Implications for rehabilitation

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1889-1898

  Ebenbichler, G R ^a   Oddsson, L I E ^a   Kollmitzer, J ^a   Erim, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Low back pain; Pathophysiology; Physiology; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINE STABILIZATION;

EID: 0034760015     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200111000-00014     Document Type: Article

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