Spinal alignment and mobility in subjects with chronic low back pain with walking disturbance: A community-dwelling study

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-59

  Miyakoshi, Naohisa ^a   Kasukawa, Yuji ^a   Ishikawa, Yoshinori ^a   Nozaka, Koji ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Community dwelling study; Spinal alignment; Spinal mobility; Walking disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK FACTOR; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951730298     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.221.53     Document Type: Article

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