Contribution of ribcage movement to thoracolumbar posteroanterior stiffness

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 176-183

  Chansirinukor, Wunpen ^a,b   Lee, Michael ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Ribcage; Stiffness; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; SPINE MOBILITY; THORAX;

EID: 0037366368     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-4754(02)54131-2     Document Type: Article

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