Tightness of hamstring and psoas major muscles: A prospective study of back pain in young men during their military service

One page on PainSci cites Hellsing 1988: Psoas, So What?

PainSci notes on Hellsing 1988:

From the abstract: “Tight hamstring- or psoas muscles could not be shown to correlate to current back pain or to the incidence of back pain during the follow-up period.”

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