Lumbar spine flexion and extension extremes of motion in women of different age and racial groups: The WIN study

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1539-1544

  Trudelle Jackson, Elaine ^a   Ann Fleisher, Lisa ^a   Borman, Nicole ^a   Morrow, James R ^b   Frierson, Georita M ^c  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; electronic inclinometer; normative values; range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LUMBAR EXTENSION; LUMBAR FLEXION; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954969148     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b0c3d1     Document Type: Article

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