Validity of pressure pain thresholds in female workers with and without recurrent low back pain

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-275

  Schenk, Peter ^a   Laeubli, Thomas ^a   Klipstein, Andreas ^a,b  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Pressure pain threshold; Reference point

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FASCIA; FEMALE; FEMUR GREATER TROCHANTER; HIP; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; ILIOLUMBAR LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARAVERTEBRAL MUSCLE; PATIENT CODING; PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRATUS LUMBORUM MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WORKER;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BACK; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 33847135277     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-006-0124-x     Document Type: Article

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