Low back pain development response to sustained trunk axial twisting

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1972-1978

  Shan, Xinhai ^a   Ning, Xiaopeng ^b   Chen, Zhentao ^a   Ding, Meng ^a   Shi, Weifei ^a   Yang, Shulong ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexion relaxation phenomenon; Low back pain; Rotational creep; Spinal twist; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SUSTAINED TRUNK AXIAL TWISTING; TRUNK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORSION ABNORMALITY; TORSO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885324236     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2784-7     Document Type: Article

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