The validity of O'Sullivan's classification system (CS) for a sub-group of NS-CLBP with motor control impairment (MCI): Overview of a series of studies and review of the literature

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

  Dankaerts, Wim ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b University College Limburg   (Belgium)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Classification; Motor control

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; O SULLIVAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SITTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRUNK; VALIDITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78650259547     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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