Sitting postures and trunk muscle activity in adolescents with and without nonspecific chronic low back pain: An analysis based on subclassification

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1387-1395

  Astfalck, Roslyn G ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter B ^a,b   Straker, Leon M ^a,b   Smith, Anne J ^a,b   Burnett, Angus ^c   Paulo Caneiro, Joao ^a   Dankaerts, Wim ^d,e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e University College Limburg   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronic low back pain; EMG; Flexion relaxation; Kinematics; Raine study; Sitting; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BACK MUSCLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; CLASSIFICATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SPINE;

EID: 77953965490     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bd3ea6     Document Type: Article

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