Pain differs from non-painful attention-demanding or stressful tasks in its effect on postural control patterns of trunk muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-71

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,b,c,d   Nicholas, M K ^d   Hodges, Paul W ^b,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Back pain; Experimental pain; Stress

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORAX;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ARM; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; STRESS; THORAX;

EID: 2542421870     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1766-0     Document Type: Article

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