Pregnancy induces numerous modifications in the musculoskeletal system of female body. Since one essential roles lumbopelvic structure is to support mechanical loads upright position, this study was designed simulate response complex growing foetus pregnant women. The authors hypothesized that posture (i.e., lordosis and muscle involvement) under pregnancy conditions might be adjusted minimize ...

[Purpose] The current study attempted to examine the effects of centrifugal contraction exercise of the rectus abdominis during the isometric contraction of the transversus abdominis on pain and balance of patients with chronic back pain. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects included thirty patients who were diagnosed with back pain due to causes other than neurological by a specialist after con...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effective strength levels of abdominal muscle contraction using the bracing contraction method. [Subjects] The experiment was conducted with 31 healthy male (M=15) and female (F=16) adults attending D University in Busan; all participants had less than obesity level BMI (BMI<30). [Methods] Bracing contraction was performed by the subjec...

Purpose. Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks have been shown to reduce pain and opioid requirements after abdominal surgery. The aim of the present case series was to demonstrate the use of TAP catheter injections of bupivacaine after major abdominal surgery. Methods. Fifteen patients scheduled for open colonic resection surgery were included. After induction of anesthesia, bilateral TAP c...

The goal of this study was to quantify the relative contributions of each muscle group surrounding the spine to vertebral joint rotational stiffness (VJRS) during the push-up exercise. Upper-body kinematics, three-dimensional hand forces and lumbar spine postures, and 14 channels (bilaterally from rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, latissimus dorsi, thoracic erector spinae, l...

We read with interest the work by Urfalıoğlu and colleagues about ultrasound-guided versus surgical transversus abdominis plane block in obese patients. The conclusion of this study is that ultrasound guided and surgical TAP blocks were safe and had similar efficacy in providing post-operative analgesia in obese pregnant women following cesarean section. We agree that TAP block, surgical or ult...

We carried out a prospective service evaluation of the quality of pain control after preoperative transverse abdominis plane (TAP) block in 100 children undergoing abdominal surgery. Data were collected on type of procedure, age, weight, level of the block, local anesthetic used, additional analgesia, and hourly pain scores. Of the 100 patients, 87 were included in the evaluation, 77% of who we...

Motor control is a key component in injury prevention. Loss of motor control involves failure to control joints, commonly because of incoordination of the agonist-antagonist muscle co-activation. Three subsystems work together to maintain spinal stability: The central nervous subsystem (control), the osteoligamentous subsystem (passive), and the muscle subsystem (active). There is evidence that...

AIM Reduced opioid use in the immediate postoperative period is associated with decreased complications. This study aimed to determine the effect of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on morphine requirements 24 h after abdominal surgery. Secondary outcomes included the effect of TAP block on morphine use 48 h after surgery, incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and impact ...