ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2017
Variability in Strength, Pain, and Disability Changes in Response to an Isolated Lumbar Extension Resistance Training Intervention in Participants with Chronic Low Back Pain.
Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06778694 (Comparative Effects of Motor Control and Isolated Strengthening Lumbar Exercises on Functional Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Comparative Effects of Motor Control and Isolated Strengthening Lumbar Exercises on Functional Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Heavy resistance exercise training in older men: A responder and inter-individual variability analysis.PloS one · 2026Trial
- 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
- Paraspinal Muscle Health is Related to Fibrogenic, Adipogenic, and Myogenic Gene Expression in Patients with Lumbar Spine Pathology.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review Examining the Approaches Used to Estimate Interindividual Differences in Trainability and Classify Individual Responses to Exercise Training.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Strengthening the lumbar extensor musculature is a common recommendation for chronic low back pain (CLBP). Although reported as effective, variability in response in CLBP populations is not well investigated. This study investigated variability in responsiveness to isolated lumbar extension (ILEX) resistance training in CLBP participants by retrospective analysis of three previous randomized controlled trials. Data from 77 participants were available for the intervention arms (males = 43, females = 34) 37 participants data (males = 20, females = 17) from the control arms. Intervention participants had all undergone 12 weeks of ILEX resistance training and changes in ILEX strength, pain (visual analogue scale; VAS), and disability (Oswestry disability index; ODI) measured. True inter-individual (i.e., between participants) variability in response was examined through calculation of difference in the standard deviation of change scores for both control and intervention arms. Intervention participants were classified into responder status using
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