Effects of a three-month therapeutic exercise programme on flexibility in subjects with low back pain.
Background and Purpose. Spinal and muscle flexibility have been studied intensively and used clinically as outcome measurements in the rehabilitation of subjects with low back pain. The results of previous studies are contradictory and there is a lack of longitudinal data on the effects of long term...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Research International Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 46 - 62 |
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| Formato: | clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2000
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