The use of exercise and muscle testing in the rehabilitation of spinal disorders.
The isokinetic evaluation of trunk muscle strength (maximal and fatigue) provides very valuable information for establishing specific exercise programs for patients with low back disorders, and for preventing low back injury in industry by identifying employees with weak trunk muscles and with job-strength mismatches.
D001416:Back Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*