Lumbar Multifidus Morphology in Youth Competitive Alpine Skiers and Associated Sex, Age, Biological Maturation, Trunk Stability, and Back Complaints.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lumbar multifidus (LMF), as a dynamic stabilizer of the lumbar spine, may play an important role in the prevention of overuse-related back complaints.

Hypothesis

LMF morphology is associated with trunk stability and differs between symptomatic and asymptomatic skiers.

Study design

Cohort study.

Level of evidence

Level 3.

Methods

A total of 85 youth skiers (28 females, mean age, 14.7 ± 0.7 years; 57 males, mean age, 14.9 ± 0.5 years) underwent anthropometric assessments, an estimation of biological maturation, a magnetic resonance imaging- and ultrasound-based examination of LMF morphology, and a biomechanical quantification of deadbug bridging stabilization performance. Athletes were categorized as symptomatic if they had registered at lea

SUBMITTER: Fitze DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10606963 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature