Mechanical or inflammatory low back pain. What are the potential signs and symptoms?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-320

  Walker, Bruce F ^a   Williamson, Owen D ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inflammatory; Low back pain; Mechanical; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVING ABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; SITTING; SNEEZING; SYMPTOM; TRUNK; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 65049091349     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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