Determining the activation of gluteus medius and the validity of the single leg stance test in chronic, nonspecific low back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1969-1976

  Penney, Tracy ^a   Ploughman, Michelle ^b   Austin, Mark W ^b   Behm, David G ^c   Byrne, Jeannette M ^c  

^a Eastern Health Canada   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buttocks; Chronic pain; Electromyography; Low back pain; Muscle strength; Physical therapy modalities; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SINGLE LEG STANCE TEST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BUTTOCK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BUTTOCKS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84908470479     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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