Reduced variability of postural strategy prevents normalization of motor changes induced by back pain: A risk factor for chronic trouble?

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 474-476

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,b,e   Hodges, Paul W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Motor control; Motor learning; Pain; Posture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION;

BACK PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33744492078     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.2.474     Document Type: Article

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