Lumbar multifidus muscle thickness does not predict patients with low back pain who improve with trunk stabilization exercises

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1132-1138

  Zielinski, Kristen A ^a   Henry, Sharon M ^a   Ouellette Morton, Rebecca H ^a   Desarno, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical prediction rule; Exercise; Low back pain; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878257012     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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