Influence of elastic lumbar support belts on trunk muscle function in patients with non-specific acute lumbar back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A well-known supportive treatment for acute nonspecific back pain, elastic back support belts, are valued for their ability to accelerate natural self-healing, but there are concerns of a deconditioning effect due to their reliance on passive stabilization.

Methods

To evaluate the systematic effects of elastic abdominal belts on the trunk musculature, a total of 36 persons with acute lumbar back pain (no longer than one week) were divided into two groups: an abdominal belt wearing group (B) and a non-abdominal belt wearing control group (C). All were examined over a period of three weeks at three time points: T1 just after assignment, T2 one week later, and T3 further two weeks later. Surface EMG (sEMG) was used to record trunk muscle activation when walking on a

SUBMITTER: Anders C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6345453 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature