Application of rehabilitative ultrasound in the assessment of low back pain: A literature review

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-477

  Ghamkhar, Leila ^a   Emami, Mahnaz ^a   Mohseni Bandpei, Mohammad A ^a,b   Behtash, Hamid ^c  

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

^b School of Medicine   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Multifidus; Review; Transverse abdominis; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CINAHL; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACTION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMEN; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053220443     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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