Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1170-1176 , September 2006

Are Lumbar Repositioning Errors Larger Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain Compared With Asymptomatic Subjects?

  • Malin Åsell, MS

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
    • Svenska Rygginstitutet AB, Sundsvall, Sweden
    • Department of Odontology, Clinical Oral Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Malin Åsell, MS, Svenska Rygginstitutet AB, Box 7010, SE-850 07, Sundsvall, Sweden
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  • Per Sjölander, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
    • Southern Lapland Research Department, Vilhelmina, Sweden
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  • Helmut Kerschbaumer, PT

      Affiliations

    • Svenska Rygginstitutet AB, Sundsvall, Sweden
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  • Mats Djupsjöbacka, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

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 Supported by the Svenska Rygginstitutet AB, Sundsvall, Sweden.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00472-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.020

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 9 , Pages 1170-1176 , September 2006

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