A pilot study of the effects of high-intensity aerobic exercise versus passive interventions on pain, disability, psychological strain, and serum cortisol concentrations in people with chronic low back pain

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-312

  Chatzitheodorou, Dimitris ^a   Kabitsis, Chris ^b   Malliou, Paraskevi ^c   Mougios, Vassilis ^b  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847412701     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060080     Document Type: Article

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