Stature loss and recovery following a period of loading: Effect of time of day and presence or absence of low back pain

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 721-726

  Healey, E L ^a,b   Burden, A M ^c   McEwan, I M ^c   Fowler, N E ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Spinal loading; Spinal shrinkage; Stadiometry

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

LOW BACK PAIN; SPINAL LOADING; SPINAL SHRINKAGE; STADIOMETRY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC PAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; POSTURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 44449089356     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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