Assessment and training of the endurance capacity of back muscles are reported to be more important than strength in the prevention and rehabilitation of low- back pain. However, back extensor muscles' endurance has been less investigated in health and disease. The understanding of the determinants for the performance of isometric back extension endurance test may allow accurate interpretation of the back function test. This book, therefore provides an insight into the determinants of back extenor muscles' endurance in healthy adults. The set of reference values for isometric back extensor...
Assessment and training of the endurance capacity of back muscles are reported to be more important than strength in the prevention and rehabilitation...
Cardiovascular response is a criterion in determining suitability and safety in exercise testing and training. Howbeit, there is a paucity of studies on cardiovascular response to back muscles' endurance tests in health and disease. Considering that the back extensor muscles are one of the largest muscle groups in the body, and that the magnitude of cardiovascular response to contraction to muscular endurance is reportedly greater than muscular strength testing, it is therefore important to determine the cardiovascular entropy to static and dynamic endurance testing and training of back...
Cardiovascular response is a criterion in determining suitability and safety in exercise testing and training. Howbeit, there is a paucity of studies ...
Trunk extensor-to-flexor muscles strength and endurance disproportion are major factors in the aetiology of low-back pain. There are still insufficient studies on the assessment and training of the trunk flexors'endurance compared with the extensors. Decreased trunk flexor muscles' endurance is linked to incidences of chronic and recurrent low-back pain. Therefore, normative database of abdominal muscles' endurance are important in identifying alterations of the trunk musculature from normal and in clinical evaluations of disability or rehabilitation outcome in low-back pain. Furthermore,...
Trunk extensor-to-flexor muscles strength and endurance disproportion are major factors in the aetiology of low-back pain. There are still insufficien...
The benefits of breastfeeding to the infant and mother are well documented. Despite all the benefits, a general decrease in the practice of breastfeeding has been reported across certain regions and populations. If the health benefits of breastfeeding is to be optimal utilized, it is expedient to explore information on the knowledge, attitude and practice of breastfeeding positions and its association with musculoskeletal among nursing mothers. The impact of breastfeeding postures on the musculoskeletal system could be an indicator of non-adherence to breastfeeding initiatives even when its...
The benefits of breastfeeding to the infant and mother are well documented. Despite all the benefits, a general decrease in the practice of breastfeed...
Non-attendance for outpatient appointment results in a myriad of ineptitude, disorganization and ineffectiveness. Patients' non-attendance is a major problem for the health provider and hospital management in terms of cost and productivity. Few studies have sought to understand factors responsible for non-attendance in out-patient physiotherapy compared to others health professions. This book presents a study that investigated the rate of initial non-attendance for out-patient physiotherapy, assessed the perceptions of physiotherapists on factors influencing patient's non-attendance and also...
Non-attendance for outpatient appointment results in a myriad of ineptitude, disorganization and ineffectiveness. Patients' non-attendance is a major ...
Spinal range of motion assessment is a standard part of the evaluation of patients with back pain. The findings of such evaluations are important in clinical decision making to ascertain the extent of impairment and also in determining compensations. Reference normative values for spinal range of motion are important to know the normal range of motion values for proper diagnosis of spine problems and as an outcome tool to measure progress during back rehabilitation. However, there is still a dearth of population-specific databases for spinal range of motion. This book presents the outcome of...
Spinal range of motion assessment is a standard part of the evaluation of patients with back pain. The findings of such evaluations are important in c...
