The adaptive changes in muscle coordination following lumbar spinal fusion

Human Movement Science

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-297

  Wang, Ting Yun ^a   Pao, Jwo Luen ^a,b   Yang, Rong Sen ^a   Jang, Jyh Shing Roger ^a   Hsu, Wei Li ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Low back pain (LBP); Motor control; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY ACTIVITY FUNCTIONING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDIAL HEAD OF THE GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE COORDINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; REACHING MOVEMENT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINE FUSION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADAPTATION; BACK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; BACK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84921633949     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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