Effects of chronic low back pain on trunk coordination and back muscle activity during walking: Changes in motor control

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-40

  Lamoth, Claudine J C ^a,b   Meijer, Onno G ^a   Daffertshofer, Andreas ^a   Wuisman, Paul I J M ^b   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Muscle coordination; Trunk coordination; Variability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DISABILITY; ELECTRODE; ERECTOR SPINAE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN; PELVIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 32044461552     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0825-y     Document Type: Article

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