• J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Jan 2007

    Randomized Controlled Trial Controlled Clinical Trial

    Dynamic surface electromyographic responses in chronic low back pain treated by traditional bone setting and conventional physical therapy.

    • Tiina Ritvanen, Nina Zaproudina, Mette Nissen, Ville Leinonen, and Osmo Hänninen.
    • University of Kuopio, Department of Physiology, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio [corrected], Finland. tiina.ritvanen@uku.fi
    • J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2007 Jan 1; 30 (1): 31-7.

    ObjectiveThis study compared the dynamic surface electromyographic (EMG) activities of back muscles and pain before and after traditional bone setting and physical therapy.MethodsThis study was a prospective clinical trial that compared surface EMG dynamic activities after traditional bone setting and physical therapy. Sixty-one patients (mean age, 41 years) with nonspecific low back pain were randomized into two subgroups by treatment. The patients underwent a dynamic EMG evaluation for which they were asked to stand and then bend forward as far as possible, stay fully flexed, and return to standing. A flexion-relaxation ratio was calculated by comparing maximal EMG activity while flexing with the average EMG activity in full flexion. Concentric (maximal EMG activity during extension) and eccentric (maximal EMG activity during flexion) ratios were also used in the analyses.ResultsDisability, depression, and visual analog scale scores decreased significantly after both treatments. The concentric ratio increased statistically in both groups after the treatments. The study failed to show a significant association between experienced back pain and EMG parameters.ConclusionsBoth treatments seem to have a positive influence on back muscle function by improving muscle symmetry; however, the treatments had no effect on the flexion-relaxation phenomenon after 1 month. Active back exercise at home together with rehabilitation treatments might be effective and improve function for patients with chronic low back pain.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…