Reliability of B-mode ultrasonography for abdominal muscles in asymptomatic and patients with acute low back pain

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Norasteh, Asghar ^a   Ebrahimi, Esmaeil ^b   Salavati, Mahyar ^c   Rafiei, Javad ^b   Abbasnejad, Enayatolla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; B mode ultrasonography; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NECK MUSCLE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; THICKNESS;

EID: 33845926820     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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