A MECHANOMYOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CONTRACTION TIME IN LUMBAR SPINE MUSCULATURE; CONTROL DATA

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  • Christian Than
  • Mark Brown

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mechanomyography##common.commaListSeparator## lumbar##common.commaListSeparator## sacral##common.commaListSeparator## lower back pain

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Mechanomyography (MMG) is an emerging diagnostic tool that investigates the contractile properties of human muscle tissues. This study investigated the contraction time (Tc) of localised muscles tissues within the lumbo-sacral spine in young, healthy participants (age: 20.92±2.02, BMI: 23.09±4.51, n=12). Analysis of 10 erector spinae muscle sites, as well as two over multifidus, found that muscle contraction time (Tc) was heterogeneous (p>0.05) and averaged 87.79ms. The data presented here represents control data for a future study into the diagnostic value of injury-related localised changes in Tc in chronic low back pain patients.

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2016-05-05

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33 International Conference of Biomechanics in Sports (2015)

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.