ArticleExperimental brain research2012
Corticomotor control of deep abdominal muscles in chronic low back pain and anticipatory postural adjustments.
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- Are neuromuscular adaptations present in people with recurrent spinal pain during a period of remission? a systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
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- Effects of a movement control and tactile acuity training in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain and control impairment - a randomised controlled pilot study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Trial
- The effect of eccentric exercise-induced delayed onset neck muscle soreness on force steadiness and the spatial distribution of neck extensor muscle activity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Central and peripheral factors moderating pain effects on motor control and disability in chronic lumbosacral radicular pain.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Altered proprioceptive weighting and trunk muscle activation in individuals with recurrent low back pain: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
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- Central mechanisms of muscle tone regulation: implications for pain and performance.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Statement: Restorative Neurostimulation for Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain Resulting From Neuromuscular Instability.International journal of spine surgery · 2023Article
- Effect of Cognitive Load on Anticipatory Postural Adjustment Latency and its Relationship with Pain-Related Dysfunction in Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pain and therapy · 2023Article
- Movement-Evoked Pain Versus Widespread Pain: A Longitudinal Comparison in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain From the Delaware Spine Studies.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- The long head of biceps at the shoulder: a scoping review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
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- Contribution of neural circuits tested by transcranial magnetic stimulation in corticomotor control of low back muscle: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Influence of coil orientation on corticospinal excitability of trunk muscles during postural and volitional tasks in healthy adults.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Motor cortex excitability in chronic low back pain.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Contralateral transversus abdominis muscle (cTrA) is known to be anticipatory to rapid focal movement. The activation of ipsilateral TrA (iTrA) follows cTrA, but their anticipatory interaction in healthy subjects seems to be delayed in low back pain (LBP) patients. TrA delay in LBP is linked with reorganization of the primary motor cortex (M1), thus supporting that cortical changes underlie the altered postural control. Our study tested whether differences in postural adjustments were present in LBP for TrA onsets and co-activation, and whether these differences were paralleled by cortical motor changes. Thirteen chronic LBP patients and 9 healthy Controls were enrolled. Surface recordings of cTrA/internal oblique (IO) and iTrA/IO were collected during a rapid shoulder flexion task while standing. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of M1 tested TrA/IO corticospinal excitability, active motor threshold and short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI). In LBP compared to Controls, iTrA/IO activation was delayed, co-activation was absent, timing between TrA/IO onsets was impaired, and SICI was missing. Between-outcomes correlations observed in one group were not significant in the other. Delay of iTrA/IO and the lacking co-activation were not explained by between-group differences of transcranial magnetic stimulation outcomes. TrA/IO co-activation is present during rapid focal movement in healthy subjects only. LBP patients displayed an important alteration of the control of spine stability that can be explained by altered mechanisms of M1 motor programming.
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