Author(s): Masoumbeigi M; Riyahi Alam N; Kordi R; Rostami M; Rahimiforoushani A; Jafari AH; Hashemi H; Ebrahimpour A; ...

Background: Non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common painful condition and is responsible for different physical disorders. Despite alternative therapies, patients still suffer from pe ...

Article GUID: 39391282

Author(s): Tornblom A; Naghdi N; Rye M; Montpetit C; Fortin M;

Introduction: Exercise therapy is the primary endorsed form of conservative treatment for chronic low back pain (LBP). However, there is still conflicting evidence on which exercise intervention is best. While motor control exercise can lead to morphologica ...

Article GUID: 39258113

Author(s): Wolfe D; Rosenstein B; Fortin M;

Introduction: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Transcutaneous electrotherapies have been widely used to treat CLBP but, with the partial exception of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TEN ...

Article GUID: 38979440

Author(s): Rossini B; Anstruther M; Fortin M;

Background: Student circus artists put constant stress on their back. However, the presence of low back pain (LBP) and related disability in this population remains unclear. Objectives: To 1) examine LBP history in circus artists and compare related disabi ...

Article GUID: 38848166

Author(s): Vaillancourt N; Montpetit C; Carile V; Fortin M;

Soccer is a laterally dominant sport owing to the repetitive nature of unilateral kicking. The relationship between functional and body composition asymmetries related to limb dominance in soccer players has yet to be established. When present, asymmetries ...

Article GUID: 38791774

Author(s): Anstruther M; Sean M; Tétreault P; Fortin M;

Background and Objectives: Previous research has shown associations between atrophy and fatty infiltration of the lumbar paraspinal musculature and low back pain (LBP). However, few studies have examined longitudinal changes in healthy controls and individu ...

Article GUID: 38541216

Author(s): Rosenstein B; Burdick J; Roussac A; Rye M; Naghdi N; Valentin S; Licka T; Sean M; Tétreault P; Elliott J; Fortin M; ...

It remains unclear whether paraspinal muscle fatty infiltration in low back pain (LBP) is i) solely intramuscular, ii) is lying outside the epimysium between the muscle and fascial plane (epimuscul ...

Article GUID: 38280825

Author(s): Ornowski J; Dziesinski L; Hess M; Krug R; Fortin M; Torres-Espin A; Majumdar S; Pedoia V; Bonnheim NB; Bailey JF; ...

Background: Paraspinal muscle fat infiltration is associated with spinal degeneration and low back pain, however, quantifying muscle fat using clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques c ...

Article GUID: 38222819

Author(s): Rosenstein B; Montpetit C; Vaillancourt N; Dover G; Khalini-Mahani N; Weiss C; Papula LA; Melek A; Fortin M; ...

Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most disabling diseases and a major health issue. Despite the evidence of a link between paraspinal and gluteal muscle dysfunction and LBP, it is unkno ...

Article GUID: 38110922

Author(s): Anstruther M; Rossini B; Zhang T; Liang T; Xiao Y; Fortin M;

Background: There is an increasing interest in assessing paraspinal morphology and composition in relation to low back pain (LBP). However, variations in methods and segmentation protocols contribute to the inconsistent findings in the literature. We presen ...

Article GUID: 37996857

Author(s): Fortin M; Rye M; Roussac A; Montpetit C; Burdick J; Naghdi N; Rosenstein B; Bertrand C; Macedo LG; Elliott JM; Dover G; DeMont R; Weber MH; ...

Low back pain (LBP), a globally widespread and persistent musculoskeletal disorder, benefits from exercise therapy. However, it remains unclear which type leads to greater changes in paraspinal mus ...

Article GUID: 37762861