Comparison of the Thickness of Abdominal Muscles between Subjects With and Without Lumbar Pain Using Ultrasound Images

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  • MURAKAMI Takashi
    Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Science, Kyorin University Department of Sports Science, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University
  • SAKURABA Keishoku
    Department of Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University
  • NAGAI Koichi
    Department of Radiology, Tamura Surgical Hospital

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  • 腰痛の有無にて比較した腹部筋群の筋厚　　―超音波画像を使用して―
  • ヨウツウ ノ ウム ニテ ヒカク シタ フクブキングン ノ キンコウ チョウオンパ ガゾウ オ シヨウ シテ
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Abstract

[Purpose] This study was performed to examine the correlation between lumbar pain and abdominal muscle thickness. [Subjects] The subjects were 64 males. [Methods] The subjects were divided into 3 groups based on the results of an interview about lumbar pain. Images of the transversus abdominis, internal abdominal oblique muscle, and external abdominal oblique muscle at rest were obtained using ultrasonography. [Results] The thickness of the transversus abdominis in the group of subjects who had visited a hospital for lumbar pain was less than other groups. [Conclusion] It was suggested that the experience of lumbar pain was related to a decrease in the thickness of the transversus abdominis at rest due to reduced muscular activity and an increase in the thickness of the internal and external abdominal oblique muscles at rest due to excessive muscular activity.<br>

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  • Rigakuryoho Kagaku

    Rigakuryoho Kagaku 25 (6), 893-897, 2010

    The Society of Physical Therapy Science

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