Poor back muscle endurance is related to pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Larivière, Christian ^a,b   Bilodeau, Martin ^c   Forget, Robert ^b,d   Vadeboncoeur, Roger ^b   Mecheri, Hakim ^b  

^a Occupational Health   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

fatigue; fear of movement; lumbar impairment; objective measures; physical deconditioning; strength; surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149284342     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e53334     Document Type: Article

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