Ultrasound imaging of the lateral abdominal wall muscles in individuals with lumbopelvic pain and signs of concurrent hypocapnia

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 404-410

  Whittaker, Jackie L ^a  

^a Whittaker Physiotherapy Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypocapnia; Internal oblique; Lumbopelvic pain; Transversus abdominis; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCAPNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 49149119047     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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