Effects of pelvic skeletal asymmetry on trunk movement: Three-dimensional analysis in healthy individuals versus patients with mechanical low back pain

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Al Eisa, Einas ^a   Egan, David ^a   Deluzio, Kevin ^a   Wassersug, Richard ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupling; Low back pain; Pelvic asymmetry; Trunk kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; TILT TABLE TEST; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC BONES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 32244443556     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000197665.93559.04     Document Type: Article

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