A Comparison of physical characteristics and swing mechanics between golfers with and without a history of low back pain

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 430-438

  Lephart, Scott M ^b   Tsai, Yung Shen ^a   Sell, Timothy C ^b   Smoliga, James M ^c   Myers, Joseph B ^d   Learman, Kenneth E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Flexibility; Golf swing; Proprioception; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOLF; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GOLF; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955640896     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2010.3152     Document Type: Article

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