Mechanical coupling between transverse plane pelvis and thorax rotations during gait is higher in people with low back pain

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 342-347

  van den Hoorn, W ^a,b   Bruijn, S M ^b,c   Meijer, O G ^b,d   Hodges, P W ^a   van Dieen J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gait; Low back pain; Mechanical coupling; Movement variability; Pelvis thorax coordination

Indexed keywords

GAIT; LOW BACK PAIN; MECHANICAL COUPLING; MOVEMENT VARIABILITY; PELVIS-THORAX COORDINATION;

HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

ROTATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; THORAX; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; ROTATION; THORAX;

EID: 84455169526     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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