Lumbar kinematic variability during gait in chronic low back pain and associations with pain, disability and isolated lumbar extension strength

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1131-1138

  Steele, James ^a   Bruce Low, Stewart ^a   Smith, Dave ^b   Jessop, David ^a   Osborne, Neil ^c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait variability; Lumbar spine; MedX; VICON

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS;

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; GAIT VARIABILITY; KINEMATIC WAVEFORMS; LUMBAR SPINES; MEDX; PATTERN VARIABILITY; VICON;

HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; BACK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84920186801     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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