Patterns of Muscular Activity during Movement in Patients with Chronic Low-back Pain

NOUWEN, ARIE; VAN AKKERVEEKEN, PIETER F.; VERSLOOT, JEANNETTE M.

doi:10.1097/00007632-198710000-00012

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Patterns of Muscular Activity during Movement in Patients with Chronic Low-back Pain

NOUWEN, ARIE, VAN AKKERVEEKEN, PIETER F., VERSLOOT, JEANNETTE M.·1987·Spine

DOI 10.1097/00007632-198710000-00012

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Bilateral paraspinal electromyogram (EMG) at levels L1-L2 and L4-L5, and abdominal EMG of a group of 20 low-back pain patients were compared to those of a group of 20 pain-free controls during flexion, extension, lateral bending to right and left, and rotation to right and left. The results showed no significant left-right differences in paraspinal EMG levels between low-back pain patients and pain-free controls during any of the movements. However, patterns of paraspinal and abdominal EMG were found to be different for low-back pain patients compared to pain-free controls during flexion only.

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Prior studies have reported trunk muscle imbalance in LBP compared with healthy subjects, while others have failed to show differences in muscle activity between these two groups.
“Trunk muscle imbalance in LBP compared with healthy subjects has been reported in some studies [10, 21] though other studies [22] have failed to show differences in muscle activity between these two groups.”
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Authors: NOUWEN, A., VAN AKKERVEEKEN, P. F., & VERSLOOT, J. M.
Affiliations: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Corresponding author: NOUWEN, ARIE
ORCID: NOUWEN, ARIE
Venue: Spine
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published: 1987-10
Volume: 12
Issue: 8
Pages: 777-782
ISSN: 0362-2436 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198710000-00012
OpenAlex: W1977430594
Cited by: 99
References: 0
Citations by year: 2024: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 0.41
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Spine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Keywords: chronic low back pain, paraspinal muscle activity, abdominal muscle activity, electromyography, spinal flexion, spinal extension, lateral bending, spinal rotation, movement patterns, bilateral asymmetry
MeSH terms: Abdominal Muscles, Adult, Analysis of Variance, Back Pain, Electromyography, Female, Humans, Lumbosacral Region, Male, Movement, Muscles, Posture, Sex Factors

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