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Effects of three different training modalities on the cross sectional area of the lumbar multifidus muscle in patients with chronic low back pain

1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium 2 Centre of Sports Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium 3 Department of Physical ...
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Early multimodal rehabilitation following lumbar disc surgery: a randomised clinical trial comparing the effects of two exercise programmes on clinical outcome and lumbar ...

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