Is pain the cause of altered biomechanical functions in back pain sufferers?

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-325

  Williams, Jonathan M ^a   Haq, Inam ^b   Lee, Raymond Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Kinematics; Pain; Review; Spine

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDLINE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950335085     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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