Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jun 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialLumbar multifidus muscle thickness does not predict patients with low back pain who improve with trunk stabilization exercises.
To understand lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle activation as a clinical feature to predict patients with low back pain (LBP) who are likely to benefit from stabilization (STB) exercises. ⋯ LM-muscle activation does not appear to be a clinical feature that predicts patients with LBP likely to benefit from STB exercises.