Surface electromyography of the paravertebral muscles in patients with chronic low back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Kramer, Michael ^a   Ebert, Volker ^a   Kinzl, Lothar ^a   Dehner, Christoph ^a   Elbel, Martin ^a   Hartwig, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Low back pain; Muscle fatigue; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BACK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 11444250448     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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