The Active Straight Leg Raise Test and Lumbar Spine Stability

PM and R

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 530-535

  Liebenson, Craig ^a   Karpowicz, Amy M ^b   Brown, Stephen H M ^b   Howarth, Samuel J ^b   McGill, Stuart M ^b  

^a LA Sports and Spine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACTIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SUPINE POSITION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249164464     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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