Back extensor muscle endurance test scores in coal miners in Australia

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-89

  Stewart, Mark ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   Jamieson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Muscle tests, screening, discriminative tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; COAL WORKER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BACK; COAL MINING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0038285101     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022547714552     Document Type: Article

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