Lower lumbar spine axial rotation is reduced in end-range sagittal postures when compared to a neutral spine posture

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-306

  Burnett, Angus ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter ^a   Ankarberg, Lars ^a   Gooding, Megan ^a   Nelis, Rogier ^a   Offermann, Frank ^a   Persson, Jannike ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial rotation; In vivo; Lumbar spine; Sagittal posture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; ROWING; SITTING; STANDING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 45249103955     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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