Why do some patients keep hurting their back? Evidence of ongoing back muscle dysfunction during remission from recurrent back pain

Pain

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-188

  MacDonald, David ^a   Moseley, G Lorimer ^b   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a Injury and Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Low back pain; Paraspinal muscles; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 61749104585     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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