Musculoskeletal myths

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-182

  Liebenson, Craig ^a  

^a LA Sports and Spine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Disability; Fear avoidance beliefs; Graded exposures; Herniated disc; Stabilization exercise

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GRADED EXPOSURE TRAINING; HEALTH STATUS; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYELOGRAPHY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHANTOM PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SENSITIZATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; THERAPY; THICKNESS; THORAX; TRAINING; TRANSVERSE ABDOMINUS MUSCLE; TREATMENT INDICATION; X RAY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT;

EID: 84859067406     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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