Low back pain affects trunk as well as lower limb movements during walking and running

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1009-1014

  Müller, Roy ^a   Ertelt, Thomas ^b   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Science in Health and Sports   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gait; Low back pain; Posture; Uneven ground

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

GAIT; HEALTHY CONTROLS; KNEE-JOINT ANGLE; LOW BACK PAIN; POSTURE; TRUNK INCLINATION; TRUNK MOVEMENT; UNEVEN GROUND;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE JOINT ANGLE; LEG MOVEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STEP LENGTH; THORAX; TRUNK; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; YOUNG ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; LEG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; RUNNING; TORSO; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925367821     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.01.042     Document Type: Article

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