The relationship of transversus abdominis and lumbar multifidus clinical muscle tests in patients with chronic low back pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 573-577

  Hides, Julie ^a,b   Stanton, Warren ^a   Dilani Mendis, M ^a   Sexton, Margot ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical muscle tests; Low back pain; Multifidus muscle; Transversus abdominis muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL MUSCLE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE ASYMMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE SIZE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80054100388     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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