Changes in lumbar lordosis in young patients with low back pain during a 10-year period

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 618-622

  Murata, Yasuaki ^a,b   Utsumi, Takehiko ^a   Hanaoka, Eiji ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Yamagata, Masatsune ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lordosis; Lumbar spine; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SACRUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036906578     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760200111     Document Type: Article

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