Relationships between lumbar flexibility, sit-and-reach test, and a previous history of low back discomfort in industrial workers

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-177

  Grenier, Sylvain G ^a   Russell, Caryl ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness testing; Low back pain; Lumbar kinematics; Range of motion; Trunk flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOINT MOBILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SITTING; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORK; FEMALE; HIP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038116621     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h03-013     Document Type: Article

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