People with recurrent low back pain respond differently to trunk loading despite remission from symptoms

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 818-824

  MacDonald, David ^a   Moseley, G Lorimer ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Loading; Low back pain; Multifidus; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIFIDUS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; TRUNK; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77951666400     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bc98f1     Document Type: Article

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