Nature

Functional and Morphological Changes in the Deep Lumbar Multifidus Using Electromyography and Ultrasound

Surface electromyography (sEMG) studies have indicated that chronic low back pain (cLBP) involves altered electromyographic activity and morphological structure of the lumbar multifidus (LM) beyond ...
BMJ

Early multimodal rehabilitation following lumbar disc surgery: a randomised clinical trial comparing the effects of two exercise programmes on clinical outcome and lumbar ...

Background The optimal components of postoperative exercise programmes following single-level lumbar discectomy have not been identified. Facilitating lumbar multifidus (LM) function after discectomy ...
Nature

Correlation analysis between multifidus muscle atrophy and the severity of degenerative scoliosis retrospective, cross-sectional study

This study utilized the hospital electronic medical record system to consecutively enroll 402 patients admitted to the Spine Surgery Department of Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University for chronic ...
Kaleido Scope

New chronic low back pain treatment that restores muscle function and improves spine stability available for Alabamians

“This is a totally new way of treating back pain,” said Prentiss Lawson Jr., M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and program director of the ...