Effect of roman chair exercise training on the development of lumbar extension strength

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 356-361

  Mayer, John M ^a   Udermann, Brian E ^a   Graves, James E ^a   Ploutz Snyder, Lori L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Progressive resistance exercise; Trunk extension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0037865465     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0356:EORCET>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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