Reliability of Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging of the Transversus Abdominis and Lumbar Multifidus Muscles

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Koppenhaver, Shane L ^a,b   Hebert, Jeffrey J ^a   Fritz, Julie M ^a,c   Parent, Eric C ^d   Teyhen, Deydre S ^b,e   Magel, John S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Low back pain; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST;

EID: 58149516263     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.022     Document Type: Article

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