Disrupted working body schema of the trunk in people with back pain

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-173

  Bray, H ^a   Moseley, G L ^b,c,d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY IMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORSO;

EID: 79951896803     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.061978     Document Type: Article

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