Microstructural integrity of the superior cerebellar peduncle is associated with an impaired proprioceptive weighting capacity in individuals with non-specific low back pain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Pijnenburg, Madelon ^a   Caeyenberghs, Karen ^b   Janssens, Lotte ^a   Goossens, Nina ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^c   Sunaert, Stefan ^d   Brumagne, Simon ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CENTER OF PRESSURE DISPLACEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LOCAL MUSCLE VIBRATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STANDING; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; WHITE MATTER; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; NERVOUS TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ANKLE; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84903386072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100666     Document Type: Article

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