ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2014
Trunk muscles strength as a risk factor for nonspecific low back pain: a pilot study.
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- Effectiveness of Physical Activity in the Management of Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
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- Exercise interventions can improve muscle strength, endurance, and electrical activity of lumbar extensors in individuals with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Isokinetic Trunk Strength in Acute Low Back Pain Patients Compared to Healthy Subjects: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Rehabilitation therapy using the HUBER platform in chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Trial
- Can High-Intensity Functional Suspension Training over Eight Weeks Improve Resting Blood Pressure and Quality of Life in Young Adults? A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Abdominal trunk muscle weakness and its association with chronic low back pain and risk of falling in older women.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Trial
- Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation training improves pain-related and balance outcomes in working-age patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.Brazilian journal of physical therapyTrial
- Effectiveness of Conventional Kinesiotherapy and Pilates in Reducing Disability among Patients with Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Implementation status and barriers to multimodal management of low back pain among physical therapists: A cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- MRI-Based Assessment of Trunk and Hip Muscle Morphology and Strength in Chronic Low Back Pain.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Article
- Sagittal spinal alignment and segmental mobility in collegiate baseball players with low back pain: A cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Low back pain, occupational stress, and physical fitness in intensive care nursing professionals.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Article
- Effects of Exercise-Based Rehabilitation on Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association between muscle strength and low back pain among middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Explaining trunk strength variation and improvement following resistance training in people with chronic low back pain: clinical and performance-based outcomes analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Responsiveness of hand-held dynamometry for measuring changes in trunk muscle strength in people with chronic low back pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Relationship between Respiratory Function and the Strength of the Abdominal Trunk Muscles Including the Diaphragm in Middle-Aged and Older Adult Patients.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Reliability of a Trunk Flexion and Extensor Muscle Strength Test with Hand-Held and Isokinetic Dynamometers in Female Athletes.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- The MedXFit-study - CrossFit as a workplace health intervention: a one-year, prospective, controlled, longitudinal, intervention study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effects of asymptomatic back muscle weakness and spinal deformity on low back pain (LBP).
methodsSixty healthy subjects without LBP participated in this study. Radiography and an isokinetic/isometric dynamometer were used to respectively measure spinal scoliosis/lordosis and the strength of the trunk flexors/extensors. After 2 years, 48 subjects visited the hospital again and LBP episodes, its severity and the Korean version of the Oswestry Disability Index were assessed. Differences between the group with LBP and the group without LBP were evaluated and the association with LBP incidence and severity was determined.
resultsSex, age, and trunk strength were significantly different in both group. Sex and age were significantly positive associated with LBP incidence. The isometric trunk flexor and extensor strength, maximum isokinetic trunk flexor and extensor strength were significantly and negatively associated with the LBP severity. The maximum isokinetic trunk extensor and maximum isometric trunk extensor strength was significantly negative associated with the LBP incidence.
conclusionLBP incidence is associated with isometric and isokinetic trunk extensor weakness, whereas LBP severity is associated with age, sex, isokinetic trunk extensor and flexor weakness, isometric trunk extensor and flexor weakness.
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