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1: Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2008 Feb 16 [Epub ahead of print]

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Gluteus medius muscle activation patterns as a predictor of low back pain during standing.

Nelson-Wong E, Gregory DE, Winter DA, Callaghan JP.

Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1.

BACKGROUND: Low back pain is a primary source of disability and economic costs. Altered trunk muscle activation in people with low back pain, specifically agonist/antagonist co-activation, has been previously demonstrated. Prevailing theory considers this muscle activation pattern to be adaptive to low back pain. Muscle activation patterns prior to, and during, the development of low back pain in asymptomatic individuals, have not been well studied. METHODS: Participants, without a history of low back pain, stood in a constrained area for 2h. Continuous surface electromyography was collected from trunk and hip muscles. Participants rated their discomfort level on visual analog scale every 15min. Cross-correlation analyses were used to determine co-activation patterns. Blind predictions were made to categorize participants into low back pain and non-low back pain groups, and comparisons made to visual analog scale scores. FINDINGS: 65% of previously asymptomatic participants developed low back pain during the protocol. Co-activation of the bilateral gluteus medius muscles was found to be prevalent in the low back pain group (P=.002). 76% of the participants were correctly classified into low back pain and non-low back pain groups based on presence or absence of gluteus medius co-activation, with sensitivity=.87 and specificity=.50. INTERPRETATION: Agonist-antagonist co-activation may not be entirely adaptive, and may in fact predispose some individuals to develop low back pain. Muscle activation patterns at the hip may be a useful addition for screening individuals to identify those at risk of developing low back pain during standing.

PMID: 18282648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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