Can acute low back pain result from segmental spinal buckling during sub-maximal activities? a review of the current literature

Manual Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-20

  Preuss, Richard ^a,b   Fung, Joyce ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Joint instability; Low back pain; Soft tissue injuries

Indexed keywords

BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; VERTEBRA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; SPASM;

EID: 12944336552     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2004.08.006     Document Type: Review

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