Core Synergies Measured with Ultrasound in Subjects with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain and Healthy Subjects: A Systematic Review

Low back pain represents the leading cause of disability since 1990. In 90% of cases, it is classified as non-specific low back pain, being chronic in 10% of subjects. Ultrasound has proven to be an effective measurement tool to observe changes in the activity and morphology of the abdominal muscles...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2022-11, Vol.22 (22), p.8684
Main Authors: Cervera-Cano, Maria, López-González, Luis, Valcárcel-Linares, David, Fernández-Carnero, Samuel, Achalandabaso-Ochoa, Alexander, Andrés-Sanz, Verónica, Pecos-Martín, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
abdominal muscles
Abdominal Muscles - anatomy & histology
Abdominal Muscles - diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Muscles - physiology
Back pain
Backache
Electromyography
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Low Back Pain - diagnostic imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
Measurement
Morphology
Muscles
nonspecific low back pain
Observational studies
Pain
Pelvis
synergism
Systematic Review
Thorax
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography
ultrasound
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Low back pain represents the leading cause of disability since 1990. In 90% of cases, it is classified as non-specific low back pain, being chronic in 10% of subjects. Ultrasound has proven to be an effective measurement tool to observe changes in the activity and morphology of the abdominal muscles. This article reviews which core synergies are studied with ultrasound in healthy subjects and with chronic non-specific low back pain. A systematic review was conducted on studies analyzing synergies between two or more core muscles. Publications from 2005 until July 2021 were identified by performing structured searched in Pubmed/MEDLINE, PEDro and WOS. Fifteen studies were eligible for the final systematic review. A total of 56% of the studies established synergies between the core muscles and 44% between the homo and contralateral sides of the core muscles. The most studied core synergies were transversus abdominis, internal oblique and external oblique followed by the rectus abdominis and the lumbar multifidus. No studies establishing synergies with diaphragm and pelvic floor were found. Eight studies were conducted in healthy subjects, five studies in subjects with chronic non-specific low back pain compared to healthy subjects and two studies in subjects with chronic non-specific low back pain.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s22228684