Sitting postures and trunk muscle activity in adolescents with and without nonspecific chronic low back pain: an analysis based on subclassification

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 35; no. 14; p. 1387
• Main Authors: Astfalck, Roslyn G, O'Sullivan, Peter B, Straker, Leon M, Smith, Anne J, Burnett, Angus, Caneiro, Joao Paulo, Dankaerts, Wim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15.06.2010
• Subjects: Adolescent; Electromyography; Female; Humans; Low Back Pain - classification; Low Back Pain - physiopathology; Male; Movement - physiology; Muscle Relaxation - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Posture - physiology; Spine - physiology; Spine - physiopathology

A preliminary cross-sectional comparative study of adolescents with nonspecific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) and healthy controls. To investigate whether differences in spinal kinematic and trunk muscle activity exist in both usual and slump sitting in adolescents with NSCLBP. Evidence suggests th...