Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Statistics of low back pain
- Economic cost of low back pain
- Management of low back pain
- Dynamometers for measurement of muscle function
- Dynamometry in the assessment of limb and low back function
- Limitations of dynamometry
- Operation and siting
- Cost considerations
- Safety aspects
- Conclusions
- Appendix 1 Musculoskeletal movement
- Appendix 2 Parameters and units of dynamometric measurements
- Appendix 3 Dynamometers for limb testing
- Appendix 4 Dynamometers for low back testing
- References
- Acknowledgements