Lumbar posture - Should it, and can it, be modified? A study of passive tissue stiffness and lumbar position during activities of daily living

Physical Therapy

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 907-917

  Scannell, Joan P ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lumbar elastic equilibrium; Passive tissue strain; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEFORMITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLORDOSIS; HYPOLORDOSIS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RIGIDITY; SITTING; STANDING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE INJURY; WALKING;

EID: 0141927991     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/83.10.907     Document Type: Article

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