A main source of that chronic pain is a muscle group deep in the back, the lumbar multifidus. After even the most common injuries, it can shut down, and the muscle over time reduces in size and ...

Table 1 Differential Diagnosis of Low Back Pain. Perhaps 85 percent of patients with isolated low back pain cannot be given a precise pathoanatomical diagnosis. The association between symptoms ...

rug.ac.be Objectives—To determine the effect of different training schedules on the cross sectional area (CSA) of the lumbar multifidus muscle in patients with chronic low back pain. Methods—Each of ...

An international team of researchers has homed in on a specific brain wave measurement that can effectively predict a person’s pain sensitivity. The research suggests this tool could be used to ...

Machine learning then linked these electrical signals to the participants’ self-reported pain severity. From this, the researchers identified neural patterns that indicated whether the ...

This study has identified for the first time a potential underlying mechanism in the nervous system responsible for why people experience varying pain patterns with knee osteoarthritis.

Nestled around the vertebral column, the multifidus muscle controls and supports spinal movement and protects it from injury. "Given that back pain is relatively common in riding horses ...