Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 364-369 , August 2010

The effect of unilateral muscle pain on recruitment of the lumbar multifidus during automatic contraction. An experimental pain study

  • N. Dickx

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ghent University, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Campus Heymans (UZ) 3B3, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel.: +32 9 332 58 06; fax: +32 9 332 38 11.
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  • B. Cagnie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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  • T. Parlevliet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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  • A. Lavens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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  • L. Danneels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium

Received 19 August 2009 ,Revised 1 February 2010 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2010.02.002

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 364-369 , August 2010

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