OBJECTIVE To investigate changes in lumbar multifidus (LM) and deep lumbar stabilizing abdominal muscles (transverse abdominis [TrA] and obliquus internus [OI]) during transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of lumbar paraspinal L4-L5 regions using real-time ultrasound imaging (RUSI). METHODS Lumbar paraspinal regions of 20 healthy physically active male volunteers were sti...

Abstract Background Real-time ultrasound imaging (RUSI) has been increasingly used as a form of biofeedback when instructing and re-training muscle contraction. However, the effectiveness RUSI on single sustained contraction lumbar multifidus (LM) transversus abdominis (TrA) rarely reported. This preliminary study aimed to determine if use RUSI, visual biofeedback, could enhance ability activat...

The purposes of this study were to establish the reliability for measuring scapular muscle thickness, and to examine how scapular muscle thickness changes with respect to external loads. Participants were asymptomatic subjects recruited from a sample of convenience. Thickness Measures were taken using rehabilitative ultrasound imaging (RUSI) under 11 conditions, rest and 10 progressive loads, f...

STUDY DESIGN Case report. BACKGROUND The use of spinal manipulation as a treatment to facilitate neuromuscular control of the paraspinal musculature is not well described in the literature. The use of rehabilitative ultrasound imaging (RUSI) may offer a convenient way to investigate and document possible changes occurring in the lumbar multifidus associated with manipulation intervention. C...

Dysfunction of the transverse abdominis (TrA) has been associated with LBP. Several therapeutic exercises are prescribed to help target the TrA. Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging (RUSI) is used to capture activation of the TrA during exercise. The purpose was to examine TrA activation during the ADIM and quadruped exercises between healthy and nonsymptomatic LBP patients. We instructed the subj...

The use of the ultrasound imaging (USI) in physiotherapy is becoming increasingly common but is highly operator dependent and there are safe and professional issues regarding its practical use. Currently there are no specific training guidelines relating to physiotherapists using USI. The use of ultrasound technology for medical applications began in the 1950s and has proven to be an effective,...

Article James Byrne/Gary Somerville/Joseph Byrne/Jack Watling/Nick Reynolds/Jane Baker: Silicon Lifeline: Western Electronics at the Heart of Russia’s War Machine. London: Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), August 2022 was published on December 1, in journal SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen (volume 6, issue 4).

The main objective of this paper was to estimate the use Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging (RUSI) in multifidus, obtaining all-cross-sectional view muscle, and measure muscle morphology. Learning different categories US, techniques, modes while application. Effectiveness RUSI over other imaging technologies. Several articles were used as reference for study. Research done by various authors are...

Background: An urban site index is an approach for identifying quality optimal matching of tree tolerances to conditions and determining the efficacy soil management actions. The Rapid Urban Site Index (RUSI) was previously developed found significantly relate performance. However, RUSI needs further testing verify its accuracy in other populations. Furthermore, calibration with parameter weigh...