Diagnosis and classification of chronic low back pain disorders: Maladaptive movement and motor control impairments as underlying mechanism

Manual Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-255

  O'Sullivan, Peter ^a,b  

^a Body Logic Physiotherapy   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 27544456366     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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