The effects of manual pelvic compression on trunk motor control during an active straight leg raise in chronic pelvic girdle pain subjects

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-199

  Beales, Darren John ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter Bruce ^a   Briffa, N Kathryn ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active straight leg raise; Intra abdominal pressure; Motor control; Pelvic girdle pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR CONTROL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX PRESSURE; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC PAIN; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 76049089004     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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