Electromyography for Assessment of Pain in Low Back Muscles
Author(s) -
Cláudia Tarragô Candotti,
Jefferson Fagundes Loss,
Ana Maria Steffens Pressi,
Flávio Antônio de Souza Castro,
Marcelo La Torre,
Mônica de Oliveira Melo,
Lucas Dutra Araújo,
Maicon Pasini
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20070146
Subject(s) - electromyography , medicine , physical therapy , low back pain , physical medicine and rehabilitation , muscle fatigue , test (biology) , paleontology , alternative medicine , pathology , biology
Pain is currently evaluated with "subjective" methods (eg, patient self-report). This study aimed to test whether fatigue indexes are able to accurately discriminate between subjects with and subjects without low back pain.
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