Trunk Muscle Strength, Cross-sectional Area, and Density in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain Randomized to Lumbar Fusion or Cognitive Intervention and Exercises

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-8

  Keller, Anne ^a   Brox, Jens I ^b   Gunderson, Ragnhild ^b   Holm, Inger ^b   Friis, Astrid ^b   Reikerås, Olav ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Back muscles; Cognitive intervention; Cross sectional area; Density; Lumbar fusion; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTLAMINECTOMY SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLES; SPINAL FUSION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346786424     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000103946.26548.EB     Document Type: Article

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