Indenter head area and testing frequency effects on posteroanterior lumbar stiffness and subjects' rated comfort

Manual Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-47

  Squires, M C ^a   Latimer, J ^a   Adams, R D ^a   Maher, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035078688     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.2000.0379     Document Type: Article

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