Activation of lumbar paraspinal and abdominal muscles during therapeutic exercises in chronic low back pain patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 823-832

  Arokoski, Jari P ^a,b   Valta, Taru ^a   Kankaanpää, Markku ^a   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Low back pain; Muscles; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REHABILITATION CENTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; BACK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 2942687448     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.06.013     Document Type: Article

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