The Politics of Chronic LBP: Can We Rely on a Proxy-Vote? Linking Multifidus Intra-Myo-Cellular Lipid (IMCL) Fatty Infiltration With Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition (AMI)-induced Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Conclusions. It may be possible for IMCLs to serve as a ‘proxy’ prognostic marker of lumbar MF-AMI in CLBP patients. Further, if this assertion were correct, then reductions in IMCLs could potentially quantify recovery and the efficacy of rehabilitation management strategies directed at lumbar MF activation. Level of Evidence: 5
Source: Spine - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: SPINE UPDATE Source Type: research