The relationship between lumbar segmental motion and pain response produced by a posterior-to-anterior force in persons with nonspecific low back pain

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-209

  Beneck, George J ^a,b   Kulig, Kornelia ^a   Landel, Robert F ^a   Powers, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Manual therapy; Painful segment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FORCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17244371821     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2005.35.4.203     Document Type: Article

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