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ArticleJournal of exercise rehabilitation2020

Effects of spinal stabilization exercise with real-time ultrasound imaging biofeedback in individuals with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a pilot study.

Raheem Sarafadeen, Sokunbi O Ganiyu, Aminu A Ibrahim

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Article in Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07182825 (Evaluation of the Effects of Multifidus Lift Exercise on Endurance, Pain, and Disability in University Students With Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07182825 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Effects of Multifidus Lift Exercise on Endurance, Pain, and Disability in University Students With Low Back Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorMehmet Akif GulerRan2025 to 2026Enrolled40ConditionsLow Back Pain, Non Specific Chronic Low Back Pain, Healthy VollunteerArmsModified Multifidus Lift Exercise (MLE)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raheem SarafadeenDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
Sokunbi O GaniyuDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
Aminu A IbrahimDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
Bayero University Kano · NG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of real-time ultrasound imaging (RUSI) as biofeedback to enhance the performance of spinal stabilization exercise and recovery from low back pain has been a recent trend in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate whether it would be feasible to conduct a randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of spinal stabilization exercise with RUSI biofeedback in individuals with chronic nonspecific low back pain. This was a single-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study. Ten consecutive patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain met the study criteria. They received spinal stabilization exercise with the RUSI biofeedback focusing on lumbar multifidus muscle activation. The intervention was provided twice weekly for 6 weeks. Outcome measures were lumbar multifidus muscle cross-sectional area, pain, disability and quality of life assessed at baseline and after intervention. A paired

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Chronic nonspecific low back painCross-sectional areaDisabilityLumbar multifidus musclePainSpinal stabilization exercise

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PMID32724788
PMCPMC7365723
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