Key characteristics of low back pain and disability in college-aged adults: A pilot study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1217-1224

  Handrakis, John P ^a   Friel, Karen ^a   Hoeffner, Frank ^a   Akinkunle, Ola ^a   Genova, Vito ^a   Isakov, Edward ^a   Mathew, Jerrill ^a   Vitulli, Frank ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Pain measurement; Physical examination; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ENDURANCE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863302587     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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