The effect of pelvic floor muscle exercise on women with chronic non-specific low back pain

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Mohseni Bandpei, Mohammad A ^a,b   Rahmani, Nahid ^a   Behtash, Hamid ^c   Karimloo, Masoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b School of Medicine   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Exercise; Pelvic floor muscle; Perineometer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR;

EID: 78649934174     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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