Manual Therapy
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 14-20 , February 2005

Can acute low back pain result from segmental spinal buckling during sub-maximal activities? A review of the current literature

  • Richard Preuss

      Affiliations

    • McGill University School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, 3630 Prom. Sir William Osler, Montreal, Canada H3G 1Y5
    • Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Research Centre (site of CRIR), 3205 Place Alton Goldbloom, Laval, Canada H7V 1R2
    • ,
  • Joyce Fung

      Affiliations

    • McGill University School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, 3630 Prom. Sir William Osler, Montreal, Canada H3G 1Y5
    • Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Research Centre (site of CRIR), 3205 Place Alton Goldbloom, Laval, Canada H7V 1R2
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Research Centre, 3205 Place Alton Goldbloom, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7V 1R2. Tel.: +14506889550; fax: +14506883673.

Received 18 December 2003 ,Revised 16 July 2004 ,Accepted 18 August 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2004.08.006

Manual Therapy
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