Improving the outcomes after back injury by a core muscle strengthening program

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-75

  Petrofsky, Jerrold S ^a   Batt, Jennifer ^b   Brown, Jackie ^b   Stacey, Lonna ^b   Bartelink, Travis ^b   Le Moine, Marshall ^b   Charbonnet, Monique ^b   Leyva, Stefanie ^b   Lohman, Everett B ^a   Aiyar, Shyam ^a   Christensen, Ashley ^a   Weis, David ^a   Weis, Melanie ^a   Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Rad Bayani, Elmira ^a   Prowse, Michelle ^a   Sharma, Anshul ^a   Rendon, Abel ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back; Exercise; Home program; Orthopedic injury; Pain; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NIGHT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42649145839     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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