Physical activity and low-back pain in schoolchildren

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-379

  Skoffer, Birgit ^a   Foldspang, Anders ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health promotion; Low back pain; Physical activity; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; SWIMMING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCCER; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; SPORTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 41049083108     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0583-8     Document Type: Article

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