The effect of chronic low back pain on trunk muscle activations in target reaching movements with various loads

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  Thomas, James S ^a   France, Christopher R ^a   Sha, DaoHang ^a   Vander Wiele, Nicole ^a   Moenter, Stacey ^a   Swank, Kevin ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Low back pain; Muscle activation; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; RECURRENCE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 37349009257     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815d0003     Document Type: Article

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