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:: Volume 19, Issue 8 (8-2017) ::
J Babol Univ Med Sci. 2017; Volume 19 Back to browse issues page
Comparing the Reliability of Abdominal Muscles Thickness Using Ultrasonography in Adolescents with Low Back Pain and Healthy Adolescents
N Rahmani , MA Mohseni-Bandpei * , M Salavati , R Vameghi , I Abdollahi
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan , mohseni_bandpei@yahoo.com
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the relative prevalent musculoskeletal disorders in patients which increases with increasing age. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate reliability of sonography in the assessment of abdominal muscles thickness in adolescents with LBP in comparison to healthy subjects.
METHODS: This methodological study was carried out on thirty healthy girls and boys and 30 girls and boys with LBP. Transversus abdominis (TA), internal oblique (IO), external oblique (EO) and subcutaneous fat (SF) were evaluated in crook lying position using sonography at the end of exhalation. Two sets of images were taken on the same day to assess within-day reliability and the third measurement was taken one week later to evaluate between-day reliability.
FINDINGS: The values of intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), within-day and between-day reliability were high in two groups (ICC>0.80). ICC values were lower in patients with LBP compared with healthy subjects. Generally, within-day reliability was higher than between-day reliability.
CONCLUSION: Reliability of sonography in the evaluation of abdominal muscles thickness and subcutaneous fat width was high in healthy adolescents and those who suffering from LBP.

Keywords: Adolescents, Low Back Pain, Reliability, Abdominal Muscles, Sonography
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Rehabilitation
Received: 2017/02/25 | Accepted: 2017/09/3 | Published: 2017/09/11
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Rahmani N, Mohseni-Bandpei M, Salavati M, Vameghi R, Abdollahi I. Comparing the Reliability of Abdominal Muscles Thickness Using Ultrasonography in Adolescents with Low Back Pain and Healthy Adolescents . J Babol Univ Med Sci 2017; 19 (8) :12-19
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