Relationships between coping strategies and lumbar muscle activity in subjects with chronic low back pain

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 640-647

  van der Hulst, Marije ^a,b   Vollenbroek Hutten, Miriam M ^a,c   Schreurs, Karlein M ^a,b   Rietman, Johan S ^a,b,c   Hermens, Hermanus J ^a,c  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Rehabilitation Centre Het Roessingh   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Coping; Gait; Muscle activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BACK; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 77953285171     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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