Reduced thoracolumbar fascia shear strain in human chronic low back pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Langevin, Helene M ^a   Fox, James R ^a   Koptiuch, Cathryn ^a   Badger, Gary J ^b   Greenan Naumann, Ann C ^c   Bouffard, Nicole A ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^d   Lee, Wei Ning ^d   Triano, John J ^e   Henry, Sharon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL STRESS; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THICKNESS; THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA; TRUNK; TRUNK EXTENSION; TRUNK FLEXION; CHRONIC DISEASE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80052850948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-203     Document Type: Article

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