Use of ultrasonography to evaluate thickness of the erector spinae muscle in maximum flexion and extension of the lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1472-1477

  Watanabe, Kazuto ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^b,c   Masuda, Takahiro ^b   Shimizu, Katsuji ^b  

^a Watanabe Orthopaedic Clinic

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erector spinae muscle; Extension; Flexion; Lumbar spine; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3042845127     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000128755.84693.10     Document Type: Article

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