Persistence of improvements in postural strategies following motor control training in people with recurrent low back pain

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-567

  Tsao, Henry ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feedforward postural adjustments; Low back pain; Motor training; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; RECURRENCE; WALKING;

EID: 45849095209     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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