Comparison of lumbar range of movement and lumbar lordosis in back pain patients and matched controls

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 109-113

  Ng, Joseph K F ^a   Richardson, Carolyn A ^a   Kippers, Vaughan ^a   Parnianpour, Mohamad ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Impairment; Inclinometer; Lordosis; Low back pain; Range of movement; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BACK PAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0035999882     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/165019702753714129     Document Type: Article

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