J 2021

Assessment of Lumbar Extensor Muscles in the Context of Trunk Function, a Pilot Study in Healthy Individuals

VLAŽNÁ, Daniela, Peter KRKOŠKA, Matyáš KUHN, Filip DOSBABA, Ladislav BAŤALÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Assessment of Lumbar Extensor Muscles in the Context of Trunk Function, a Pilot Study in Healthy Individuals

Authors

VLAŽNÁ, Daniela (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Peter KRKOŠKA (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Matyáš KUHN (203 Czech Republic), Filip DOSBABA (203 Czech Republic), Ladislav BAŤALÍK (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Eva VLČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Stanislav VOHÁŇKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Blanka ADAMOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Applied Sciences, Basel, MDPI, 2021, 2076-3417

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30103 Neurosciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.838

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00122862

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

UT WoS

000716176200001

Keywords in English

paraspinal muscles; muscle strength; muscular endurance; function tests; low back pain; neuromuscular diseases

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 7/12/2021 09:12, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

A comprehensive assessment of trunk function, including the lumbar extensor muscles, appears to be important in various conditions affecting axial musculature. This pilot cross-sectional observational study aimed to define a battery of tests that comprehensively assess trunk muscle function (strength and muscular endurance). Sixty subjects without low back pain (LBP) underwent measurement of isometric lower back extensor strength using a hand-held dynamometer (HHD) in three positions; measurement of respiratory muscle strength; and Biering-Sørensen, prone-plank, and side-bridge tests. The repeatability, short-term and long-term reliability using the HHD device in different postural positions was confirmed. The greatest isometric lower back extensor strength was generated in the sitting position by male subjects. Time of effort in the Biering-Sørensen test was longer in women and older subgroups than in men and younger individuals, although this was not the case for the other two muscular endurance tests. This pilot monitoring of trunk muscle strength and endurance in healthy volunteers may lead to a better understanding of trunk muscle function. Based on this methodological background, the authors aim to use the defined battery of tests in their further studies in a group of patients with LBP and certain neuromuscular diseases to verify its usefulness in clinical practice.