Expert Opinion and Controversies in Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine: Core Stabilization as a Treatment for Low Back Pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1734-1736

  Standaert, Christopher J ^a   Herring, Stanley A ^a  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Low back pain; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 36348989747     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.002     Document Type: Note

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