Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10041481 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The device-assisted training program resulted in hypertrophy of the iliocostal and longissimus muscles and an increase in muscle strength in patients with surgically stabilized vertebral fractures. About half of the patients reported relief of pain. No correlation was found between hypertrophy, increase in muscle strength, and relief of pain. The surgically damaged multifidus musculature, however, did not show any change in CSA and was not accessible to rehabilitative measures.
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Authors
Michael MD, Christoph MD, Peter MD, Frank MD, Volker MD, Martin MD, Erich MD,