Objective. Develop a gender specific database of trunk muscle cross-sectional areas across
multiple levels of the thoracic and lumbar spine and develop prediction equations for the …

Study Design. Patients with low back pain and asymptomatic individuals were evaluated
while performing controlled and free-dynamic lifting tasks in a laboratory setting. Objective …

BACKGROUND: Antagonistic activation of abdominal muscles and increased intra-
abdominal pressure are associated with both spinal unloading and spinal stabilization …

Objective: Fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscle is associated with spinal disorders. It can be
assessed qualitatively (ie, Goutallier classification) and quantitatively using image …

This paper describes the anatomy of the musculature crossing the lumbar spine in a
standardized form to provide data generally suitable for static biomechanical analyses of …

We used QCT scans obtained in 687 men and women, 21–97 years of age, to estimate the
factor of risk for vertebral fracture, Φvert, defined as the ratio of spinal loading to vertebral …

Objective. Develop a comprehensive gender-specific database of trunk muscle moment-
arms across multiple levels of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine, determine if gender …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Recurrent low back pain (LBP) is a common and costly problem
that might be related to increased spine loads in those with LBP. However, we know little …

Abstract Development of a subject-specific computational musculoskeletal trunk model
(accounting for age, sex, body weight and body height), estimation of muscle forces and …

Background Sarcopenia, a loss of skeletal muscle mass associated with aging, is a practical
measure of frailty and has been previously identified as a predictor of outcomes in surgical …