Influence of pain distribution on gait characteristics in patients with low back pain: Part 1: Vertical ground reaction force

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1329-1336

  Lee, C Ellen ^a   Simmonds, Maureen J ^b   Etnyre, Bruce R ^c   Morris, G Stephen ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Loading force; Loading rate; Low back pain; Pain distribution; Push off force; Push off rate; Vertical ground reaction force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, REFERRED; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34249109680     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318059af3b     Document Type: Article

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