Back extensor muscle fatigue in patients with lumbar disc herniation: Pre-operative and post-operative analysis of electromyography, endurance time and subjective factors

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 559-569

  Dedering, Åsa ^a,b   Harms Ringdahl, Karin ^a,b   Nèmeth, Gunnar ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Capio AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Endurance; Lumbar disc herniation; Muscle fatigue; Subjective factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISKECTOMY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646735407     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0934-2     Document Type: Article

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