Spinal kinematics and trunk muscle activity in cyclists: A comparison between healthy controls and non-specific chronic low back pain subjects - A pilot investigation

Manual Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-219

  Burnett, Angus F ^a   Cornelius, Mary W ^a   Dankaerts, Wim ^b,c   O'Sullivan, Peter B ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7544237919     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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