EMG topography of low back muscles as a tool for posture evaluation and for the assessment of lumbalgia treatments progress

Nadica Miljkovic; Haritz Zabaleta; Cristina Rodriguez-de-Pablo; Thierry Keller; Gonzalo A. Garcia

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EMG topography of low back muscles as a tool for posture evaluation and for the assessment of lumbalgia treatments progress

Nadica Miljkovic, Haritz Zabaleta, Cristina Rodriguez-de-Pablo, Thierry Keller, Gonzalo A. Garcia

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We measured bipolar surface electromyography signals (sEMG) from 6 muscles of low back in 4 patients with Low Back Pain (LBP) in two recording sessions during sitting and standing. The goal of the measurements was to present an appropriate assessment method for differentiation between correct and habitual (normally, wrong) posture and to assess recovery progress, based on sEMG topography. We calculated topography maps from the sEMG amplitude and introduced three parameters: left/right symmetry, amplitude modulation, and slope of the sEMG topography map. The results indicate that these parameters might be used as assessment tool of recovery progress and for differentiation of corrected and habitual postures in LBP patients.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Biosystems and Biorobotics
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	495-499
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_79
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Name	Biosystems and Biorobotics
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	2195-3562
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-3570

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Miljkovic, N., Zabaleta, H., Rodriguez-de-Pablo, C., Keller, T., & Garcia, G. A. (2013). EMG topography of low back muscles as a tool for posture evaluation and for the assessment of lumbalgia treatments progress. In Biosystems and Biorobotics (pp. 495-499). (Biosystems and Biorobotics; Vol. 1). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_79

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EMG topography of low back muscles as a tool for posture evaluation and for the assessment of lumbalgia treatments progress. / Miljkovic, Nadica; Zabaleta, Haritz; Rodriguez-de-Pablo, Cristina et al.
Biosystems and Biorobotics. Springer International Publishing, 2013. p. 495-499 (Biosystems and Biorobotics; Vol. 1).

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EMG topography of low back muscles as a tool for posture evaluation and for the assessment of lumbalgia treatments progress

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