Pelvic floor muscle exercise for chronic low back pain

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-152

  Bi, Xia ^a   Zhao, Jiangxia ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a   Liu, Zhihao ^a   Zhang, Jinming ^a   Sun, Dan ^a   Song, Lei ^a   Xia, Yun ^a  

^a Pudong New District Gongli Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Pain; Pelvic floor muscles; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR STRENGTHENING EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84878379027     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: 14732300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300060513475383     Document Type: Article

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