The effect of exercise on adrenocortical responsiveness of patients with chronic low back pain, controlled for psychological strain

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-328

  Chatzitheodorou, Dimitris ^a,b   Mavromoustakos, Savvas ^a   Milioti, Styliani ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL STRESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43549122099     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507079858     Document Type: Article

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