Electromyography for assessment of pain in low back muscles

Physical Therapy

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1061-1067

  Candotti, Cláudia Tarragô ^a   Loss, Jefferson Fagundes ^b   Pressi, Ana Maria Steffens ^a   Castro, Flávio Antonio De Souza ^b   La Torre, Marcelo ^a   Melo, Mônica De Oliveira ^a   Araújo, Lucas Dutra ^a   Pasini, Maicon ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 50849138215     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20070146     Document Type: Article

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