Spinal shrinkage and recovery in women with and without low back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 505-511

  Fowler, Neil Edward ^a   Rodacki, Cintia De Lourdes ^a,b,c   Rodacki, André Luiz ^a,d  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Fisica UFBa   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Rehabilitation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINE MOBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 14744268283     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.07.352     Document Type: Article

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