Relationship between spinal stiffness and outcome in patients with chronic low back pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Ferreira, Manuela Loureiro ^a,b   Ferreira, Paulo Henrique ^a,c   Latimer, Jane ^a   Herbert, Robert Dale ^a   Maher, Christopher ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise; Low back pain; Spinal manipulative therapy; Spinal stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASM; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149237283     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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