Fitness, motor competence, and body composition are weakly associated with adolescent back pain

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 439-449

  Perry, Mark ^a,b   Straker, Leon ^a,d   O'sullivan, Peter ^a   Smith, Anne ^c   Hands, Beth ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor contral; Physical performance; Raine; Spinal pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649968498     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2009.3011     Document Type: Article

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