Loads in the lumbar spine during traction therapy

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 102-108

  Lee, Raymond Y W ^a   Evans, John H ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Biomechanics; Lumbar vertebrae; Traction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AXIS; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; FORCE; FOWLER POSITION; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICS; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSITION EFFECT; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE; STRETCHING; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 0035784608     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60301-9     Document Type: Article

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