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ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2013

The Effects of Stabilization and Mckenzie Exercises on Transverse Abdominis and Multifidus Muscle Thickness, Pain, and Disability: A Randomized Controlled Trial in NonSpecific Chronic Low Back Pain.

Mohammad Hosseinifar, Mohammad Akbari, Hamid Behtash, Mohsen Amiri, Javad Sarrafzadeh

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Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The McKenzie method for (sub)acute non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  4. Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  7. Motor control exercise for acute non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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  8. Motor control exercise for chronic non-specific low-back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammad HosseinifarDepartment of Physical Therapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Mohammad AkbariDepartment of Physical Therapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Hamid BehtashDepartment of Orthopedy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Mohsen AmiriDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran.
Javad SarrafzadehDepartment of Physical Therapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] This study compared the effectiveness of stabilization and McKenzie exercises on pain, disability, and thickness of the transverse abdominis and multifidus muscles in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain. [Subjects] Thirty patients were randomly assigned into two groups: the McKenzie and stabilization exercise groups. [Methods] Before and after intervention, pain, disability, and thickness of the transverse abdominis and multifidus muscles were evaluated by visual analogue scale, functional rating index, and sonography, respectively. The training program was 18 scheduled sessions of individual training for both groups. [Results] After interventions, the pain score decreased in both groups. The disability score decreased only in the stabilization group. The thickness of the left multifidus was significantly increased during resting and contracting states in the stabilization group. The thickness of the right transverse abdominis during the abdominal draw-in maneuver, and thickness of the left transverse abdominis during the active straight leg raising maneuver were significantly increased in the stabilization group. The intensity of pain, disability score, thickness of the right transverse abdominis during the abdominal draw-in manouver, and thickness of the left transverse abdominis during active straight leg raising in the stabilization group were greater than those on the Mackenzie. [Conclusion] Stabilization exercises are more effective than McKenzie exercises in improving the intensity of pain and function score and in increasing the thickness of the transverse abdominis muscle.

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Chronic low back painMuscle thicknessStabilizaton exercises

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PMID24409016
PMCPMC3885835
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