Influence of elastic lumbar support belts on trunk muscle function in patients with non-specific acute lumbar back pain.

BACKGROUND:A well-known supportive treatment for acute nonspecific back pain, elastic back support belts, are valued for their ability to accelerate natural self-healing, but there are concerns of a deconditioning effect due to their reliance on passive stabilization. METHODS:To evaluate the systema...

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Main Authors: Christoph Anders, Agnes Hübner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211042