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Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate feed-forward contraction of the transversus abdominis and thickness of the transversus abdominis, obliquus internus, and obliquus externus during calm and standardized respiration in low back pain patients and pain-free subjects.


Clinical Trial Description

Low back pain patients have alterations in abdominal wall function, especially in the feed-forward activation of transversus muscle during limbs movements. However, there are no reports on the abdominal function in low back pain patients during physiological respiratory movement. ;


Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional


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NCT number NCT01488760
Study type Observational
Source University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date December 2009
Completion date November 2010