Low Back Pain among Endurance Athletes with and Without Specific Back Loading - A Cross-Sectional Survey of Cross-Country Skiers, Rowers, Orienteerers, and Nonathletic Controls

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-454

  Bahr, Roald ^a   Andersen, Stig Ove ^a   Løken, Sverre ^a,b   Fossan, Bjørn ^c,d   Hansen, Torger ^d   Holme, Ingar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c National Sports Centre   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Ski Lift Association   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross country skiing; Endurance sports; Low back pain; Orienteering; Rowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPORTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 1142274194     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000096176.92881.37     Document Type: Article

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