BACKGROUND Ultrasound (US) imaging has been considered as a non-invasive technique to measure thickness and estimate relative abdominal muscle activity. Although some studies have assessed the reliability of US imaging, no study has assessed the reliability of US measurement of automatic activity of abdominal muscles in positions with different levels of stability in participants with chronic l...

In mammals, diaphragmatic contractions control inhalation while contraction of some thoracic hypaxial muscles and the transversus abdominis muscle contribute to exhalation. Additional thoracic hypaxial muscles are recruited as accessory ventilatory muscles to improve inhalation and exhalation during locomotion. However, the contribution of abdominal hypaxial muscles to resting and locomotor ven...

BACKGROUND Intrathecal administration of baclofen by implanted pump reduces rigidity and muscle spasms. Its use specifically to control bladder spasms has not been reported. CASE REPORT A tetraplegic patient developed severe, protracted, bladder spasms, abdominal muscles spasms, and high blood pressure after change of suprapubic catheter; nifedipine, diazepam, and paracetamol did not control ...

Background: Ultrasound (US) imaging has been considered as a non-invasive technique to measure thickness and estimate relative abdominal muscle activity. Although some studies have assessed the reliability of US imaging, no study has assessed the reliability of US measurement of automatic activity of abdominal muscles in positions with different levels of stability in participants with chronic ...

OBJECTIVE To compare temporal activation patterns from 24 abdominal and lumbar muscles between healthy subjects and those who reported recovery from recent low back injury (LBI). DESIGN Cross-sectional comparative study. SETTING University neuromuscular function laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Healthy adult volunteers (N=81; 30 LBI, 51 asymptomatic subjects). INTERVENTIONS Trunk muscle electro...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this lesson, the reader will be able to do the following: 1. Define the hip and trunk CORE 2. Evaluate the CORE muscles and structure 3. Delineate the difference between local and global muscles on the back 4. Identify the muscles of the abdominal area that are considered stabilizing 5. Identify the spinal muscles that stiffen the spine 6. Evaluate the CORE dy...

The patient was a male, aged 25, well developed and well nourished. The illness began six days before admission into the J. J. Hospital, with severe headache, and attacks of pain and rigidity of the muscles of the neck and jaw. On the following day the rigidity increased in the muscles at the back ot the neck, and appeared in the anterior abdominal muscles. He was then compelled to take to his ...

Extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma (EMCS) is a rare malignant soft tissue tumor of chondroprogenitor cell origin. Originally, it was restricted to the bone only but that no longer case. Recent literature reports 20–33% these tumors occur at extraskeletal sites. We report one such case, in which involved anterior abdominal wall muscles and also had large intra- mass covered part peritoneal...