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  • Title: Evaluation of the lumbar kinematic measures that most consistently characterize lumbar muscle activation patterns during trunk flexion: a cross-sectional study.
    Author: Lühring S, Schinkel-Ivy A, Drake JD.
    Journal: J Manipulative Physiol Ther; 2015 Jan; 38(1):44-50. PubMed ID: 25467614.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine which kinematic measure most consistently determined onset and cessation of the flexion-relaxation response. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional design in a laboratory setting in which 20 asymptomatic university-aged (19.8-33.3 years old) participants were tested. Muscle activation was measured for the lumbar erector spinae, and 3-dimensional motion was recorded. Flexion-relaxation onset and cessation occurrences were determined for 10 standing maximum voluntary flexion trials. The lumbar and trunk angles at both events were expressed as unnormalized (°) and normalized (%Max: percentage of maximum voluntary flexion) measures. Intraclass correlation coefficients and coefficients of variation were calculated to determine within- and between-participant reliability, respectively. RESULTS: Mean (SD) unnormalized flexion-relaxation angles ranged from 46.28° (11.63) (lumbar onset) to 108.10° (12.26) (trunk cessation), whereas normalized angles ranged from 71.31%Max (16.44) (trunk onset) to 94.83%Max (lumbar cessation). Intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from 0.905 (normalized lumbar, left side, onset) to 0.995 (unnormalized lumbar, both sides, cessation). Coefficients of variation ranged from 3.56% (normalized lumbar, right side, cessation) to 26.02% (unnormalized trunk, left side, onset). CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest that, for asymptomatic individuals, unnormalized and normalized lumbar kinematics most consistently characterized flexion-relaxation angles within and between participants, respectively. Lumbar measures may be preferential when the flexion-relaxation response is investigated in future clinical and biomechanical studies.
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