Effect of head and limb orientation on trunk muscle activation during abdominal hollowing in chronic low back pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Parfrey, Kevin ^a   Gibbons, Sean Gt ^a   Drinkwater, Eric J ^a,b   Behm, David G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal hollowing; Chronic low back pain; Exercise therapy; Motor control; Primitive reflexes; Stability exercise

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; LEG EXERCISE; LIMB; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRUNK;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896860710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-52     Document Type: Article

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