Cold-induced vasospasm in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic low back pain in comparison to healthy subjects

Fibre type characteristics of the lumbar

Fibre type characteristics of the lumbar paraspinal muscles in normal healthy subjects and in patients with low back pain

✍ Anne F. Mannion; Barbara R. Weber; Jiri Dvorak; Dieter Grob; Markus Müntener 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 723 KB

A knowledge of the alteration in the fibre type profile of paraspinal muscle associated with low back pain is essential for the design of successful rehabilitation programmes. In attempting to compare the muscles of patients with low back pain with those of controls, few previous studies have consid