Does anticipation of back pain predispose to back trouble?

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2339-2347

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^a,b,c,d   Nicholas, Michael K ^d   Hodges, Paul W ^a,b  

^a Prnc of Wales Med Res Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Motor control; Psychophysiology; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; SPINE INJURY; ARM; AROUSAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ARM; AROUSAL; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

EID: 4944221708     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh248     Document Type: Article

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