Validity of the fingertip-to-floor test and straight leg raising test in patients with acute and subacute low back pain: A comparison by sex and radicular pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1243-1247

  Ekedahl, K Harald ^a,b   Jönsson, Bo ^a   Frobell, Richard B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Helsingborgs Fysio   (Sweden)

Author keywords

articular; Low back pain; Range of motion; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER TO FLOOR TEST; HUMAN; LEG RAISING TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADICULAR PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955616922     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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