Use of Partial Body-Weight Support for Aggressive Return to Running After Lumbar Disk Herniation: A Case Report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 803-805

  Moore, Melita N ^a   Vandenakker Albanese, Carol ^a   Hoffman, Martin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Exercise therapy; Intervertebral disk; Rehabilitation; Running; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; RUNNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77951291361     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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