Background The optimal components of postoperative exercise programmes following single-level lumbar discectomy have not been identified. Facilitating lumbar multifidus (LM) function after discectomy ...

Physicians at the UAB Pain Treatment Clinic are offering a new treatment for chronic low back pain. The treatment focuses on stimulating one of the key stabilizing muscles of the lumbar spine, the ...

Background The high prevalence of non-specific low back pain and its correlation with the findings in the lumbar multifidus muscles (electromyography activity, morphology and thickness) and good ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an implantable neurostimulation system (ReActiv8, Mainstay Medical) to treat intractable chronic low back pain associated with multifidus muscle ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results published in Orthopedics showed facet joint osteoarthritis was associated with a higher multifidus ...

Groundbreaking neurostimulation technology offers hope and healing for difficult-to-manage pain. Chronic low back pain, a formidable foe causing disability and soaring healthcare costs, now faces a ...

Slumping in front of the television or computer could deactivate muscles that support and protect your spine, triggering many otherwise inexplicable cases of lower back pain. A European Space Agency ...

When many people think of hockey injuries, concussions are the first thing that comes to mind. With hockey season around the corner, Fortin breaks down what her team discovered. “Given the high rates ...