Reliability of ultrasound measurement of the lateral abdominal and lumbar multifidus muscles in individuals with chronic low back pain: A cross-sectional test-retest study

Abbasi, Soheila; Hadian, Mohammad Reza; Ghotbi, Nastaran; Rasouli, Omid

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.12.029

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“…Considerable evidence indicates that US imaging has good to high intrarater reliability for assessing the LM muscles [ 23 , 24 ]. In our study, two dependent variables represented muscle function: percent change in thickness and percentage change in CSA.…”

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Mapping of lumbar multifidus stiffness Quantification in ankylosing spondylitis with shear-wave elastography

Wang

Liu

Meng

et al. 2022

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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Background Lower back pain and stiffness are the typical symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this study, muscle mass was assessed by muscle density, mechanical elasticity, and area. We investigated the characteristics of lumbar paraspinal-muscle (PSM) mass using muscle ultrasound shear-wave elastography (SWE), as well as the validity of this method for identifying patients with AS. Methods We recruited a representative cohort of 30 AS patients, and 27 healthy volunteers who were age- and sex-matched to the patient study group, investigated the Young’s modulus (YM), cross-sectional area (CSA) and thickness of lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle using SWE. This study did not need to be randomized. Data were collected at the department of ultrasonography of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. We analyzed the data using SPSS version 18.0 (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY, USA). Normal distribution was evaluated by the Shapiro–Wilk test and Q–Q plots. Demographic and baseline data will be analyzed with standard descriptive statistics. Data will be presented as the mean ± standard deviation (SD). Non-normally distributed data are presented as medians with interquartile ranges (IQR). Results Young’s modulus (YM) of SWE in AS patients was significantly higher than that in volunteers. Percentage change in lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and thickness were significantly lower in AS patients than in healthy volunteers on the left side of the body. Correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between percentage change in CSA and thickness in both volunteers and AS patients. In AS patients, YM was negatively correlated with percentage change of CSA and thickness on the right side, while increased disease duration in AS was associated with increased YM on the left. Conclusion AS patients showed reductions in LM muscle mass and function as the disease progressed, SWE could reflect these changes well. Trial registration. Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR2000031476. Registered 02/04/2020. http://www.chictr.org.cn/index.aspx.

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Mapping of lumbar multifidus stiffness Quantification in ankylosing spondylitis with shear-wave elastography

Wang

Liu

Meng

et al. 2022

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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“…Surface EMG is not suitable for evaluating the trunk muscles, which are composed of multiple layers. Instead, magnetic resonance imaging 10 ) , computed tomography 11 ) , and ultrasound (US) imaging systems 12 ) are used. Among these, the simplicity of US is useful during motion 13 ) .…”

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Analyzing muscle thickness changes in lateral abdominal muscles while exercising using virtual reality

Kitano,

Nakamoto,

Kawanishi

et al. 2024

J Phys Ther Sci

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“…Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common medical conditions. It can cause severe incapacity at the individual level and impact the workforce and the health care system at the societal level ( Abbasi et al, 2021 ; Aransay et al, 2020 ; Martín-Corrales et al, 2020 ). Much effort has been taken to study the mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of LBP and to improve its treatment ( Shi et al, 2020 ; Mera et al, 2021 ; Umimura et al, 2021 ).…”

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Circular RNAs in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An Updated Review

Sun

et al. 2022

Front. Mol. Biosci.

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Low back pain, a common medical condition, could result in severe disability and inflict huge economical and public health burden. Its pathogenesis is attributed to multiple etiological factors, including intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Emerging evidence suggests that circular RNAs (circRNAs), a major type of regulatory non-coding RNA, play critical roles in cellular processes that are pertinent to IDD development, including nucleus pulposus cell proliferation and apoptosis as well as extracellular matrix deposition. Increasing number of translational studies also indicated that circRNAs could serve as novel biomarkers for the diagnosis of IDD and/or predicting its clinical outcomes. Our review aims to discuss the recent progress in the functions and mechanisms of newly discovered IDD-related circRNAs.

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Reliability of ultrasound measurement of the lateral abdominal and lumbar multifidus muscles in individuals with chronic low back pain: A cross-sectional test-retest study

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Mapping of lumbar multifidus stiffness Quantification in ankylosing spondylitis with shear-wave elastography

Mapping of lumbar multifidus stiffness Quantification in ankylosing spondylitis with shear-wave elastography

Analyzing muscle thickness changes in lateral abdominal muscles while exercising using virtual reality

Circular RNAs in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An Updated Review

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