Slump stretching in the management of non-radicular low back pain: A pilot clinical trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-286

  Cleland, Joshua A ^a,b   Childs, John D ^c   Palmer, Jessica A ^b   Eberhart, Sarah ^b  

^a FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Neurodynamics; Slump stretching; Slump test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRETCHING; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33750317488     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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