TRUNK STRENGTH TESTING WITH ISO-MACHINES .2. EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE CYBEX-II BACK TESTING SYSTEM IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AND PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW-BACK-PAIN

Authors
NEWTON M THOW M SOMERVILLE D HENDERSON I WADDELL G
Citation
M. Newton et al., TRUNK STRENGTH TESTING WITH ISO-MACHINES .2. EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE CYBEX-II BACK TESTING SYSTEM IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AND PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW-BACK-PAIN, Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976), 18(7), 1993, pp. 812-824
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) → ACNP
ISSN journal
03622436
Volume
18
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
812 - 824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0362-2436(1993)18:7<812:TSTWI.>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
This experimental evaluation of Cybex II isokinetic measurement was ba sed on 70 normal subjects and 120 patients with chronic low back pain. It considered: reliability and learning effect; discrimination of ind ividual patients versus normal subjects; relationship to clinical meas ures; assessment of effort; and a prospective 2-year follow-up or norm al subjects to predict future low back pain.