Activation imbalances in lumbar spine muscles in the presence of chronic low back pain

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1410-1420

  Oddsson, Lars I E ^a,c   De Luca, Carlo J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Maximum voluntary contraction; Median frequency; Muscular imbalance; Surface EMG parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TRUNK;

EID: 0037377613     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01183.2001     Document Type: Article

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