1. Prevalence of gluteus medius weakness in people with chronic low back pain compared to healthy controls
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Dennis C. Bewyer, Natti Tipayamongkol, Kyle J. Strickland, Jeffrey D. Nicholson, Kathleen A. Sluka, Nicholas A. Cooper, and Kelsey M. Scavo
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Adult ,Male ,musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Weakness ,Greater trochanter ,Population ,Paraspinal Muscles ,Palpation ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Fascia lata ,health services administration ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Muscle, Skeletal ,education ,Gluteal muscles ,education.field_of_study ,Muscle Weakness ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Myalgia ,030229 sport sciences ,Middle Aged ,musculoskeletal system ,biology.organism_classification ,Low back pain ,body regions ,Medius ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Thigh ,Case-Control Studies ,Linear Models ,Physical therapy ,Buttocks ,population characteristics ,Female ,Surgery ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Low Back Pain ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Clinical observation suggests that hip abductor weakness is common in patients with low back pain (LBP). The purpose of this study is to describe and compare the prevalence of hip abductor weakness in a clinical population with chronic non-specific LBP and a matched sample without LBP. One hundred fifty subjects with chronic non-specific LBP and a matched cohort of 75 control subjects were recruited. A standardized back and hip physical exam was performed. Specifically tensor fascia lata, gluteus medius, and gluteus maximus strength were assessed with manual muscle testing. Functional assessment of the hip abductors was performed with assessment for the presence of the Trendelenburg sign. Palpation examination of the back, gluteal and hip region was performed to try and reproduce the subject’s pain complaint. Friedman’s test or Cochran’s Q with post hoc comparisons adjusted for multiple comparisons was used to compare differences between healthy controls and people with chronic low back pain for both the affected and unaffected sides. Mann–Whitney U was used to compare differences in prevalence between groups. Hierarchical linear regression was used to identify predictors of LBP in this sample. Gluteus medius is weaker in people with LBP compared to controls or the unaffected side (Friedman’s test, p
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- 2015
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