Extensibility of the Hamstrings Is Best Explained by Mechanical Components of Muscle Contraction, Not Behavioral Measures in Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain

PM and R

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 709-718

  Marshall, Paul W M ^a   Mannion, Jamie ^a   Murphy, Bernadette A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HAMSTRING EXTENSIBILITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST; STUDENT T TEST; TORQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS;

EID: 68949100464     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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