Inter-session reliability of the measurement of the deep and superficial layer of lumbar multifidus in young asymptomatic people and patients with low back pain using ultrasonography

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 481-486

  Liu, I Shan ^a   Chai, Huei Ming ^b   Yang, Jing Lan ^a   Wang, Shwu Fen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar multifidus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEEP LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84887016144     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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