Biomechanics and electromyography of a common idiopathic low back disorder

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1235-1248

  Solomonow, Moshe ^a,c   Hatipkarasulu, Selen ^a   Zhou, Bing He ^a   Baratta, Richard V ^a   Aghazadeh, Fereydoun ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Ligament; Low back disorder; Muscle; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MOBILITY; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0038722955     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000065568.47818.B9     Document Type: Article

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