title: [The Kiel efficiency test--a method for the objectivation of the trunk musculature in adults].
abstract: Trunk muscle insufficiency plays a central role in the etiology and pathogenesis of low-back pain. Intensity, duration and recurrence of the complaints depend very much on whether rehabilitative measures succeed in achieving lasting strengthening of the trunk muscles by a specific exercise programme. So far we had to rely on subjective criteria to identify insufficiencies of the trunk muscles. Now the Kiel Efficiency Test gives us a measure to objectify and describe this disorder. The test is simple and reproducible, can be performed in any consultation room and has proved to be reliable.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Abteilung, DRK-Klinik Baden-Baden.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hepp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Der Kieler Leistungstest--Methode zur Objektivierung der Leistungsfähigkeit der Rumpfmuskulatur bei Erwachsenen.