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Rapid atrophy of the lumbar multifidus follows experimental disc or nerve root injuryPaul Hodges
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:2926-33. 2006..Experimental study of muscle changes after lumbar spinal injury...- Evidence of altered lumbopelvic muscle recruitment in the presence of sacroiliac joint painBarbara Hungerford
School of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Spine 28:1593-600. 2003.... - Motor unit synchronization between medial and lateral vasti musclesRebecca Mellor
Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Clin Neurophysiol 116:1585-95. 2005..Strategies to coordinate the vasti muscles, such as motor unit synchronization, may simplify control of patellar tracking. This study investigated motor unit synchronization between vastus medialis (VM) and lateralis (VL)... - Postural and respiratory functions of the pelvic floor musclesP W Hodges
Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Neurourol Urodyn 26:362-71. 2007..Furthermore, as IAP is modulated during respiration this is likely to be accompanied by changes in PFM activity... - Sitting versus standing: does the intradiscal pressure cause disc degeneration or low back pain?Andrew Claus
Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
J Electromyogr Kinesiol 18:550-8. 2008..If sitting is a greater threat for development of low back pain than standing, the mechanism is unlikely to be raised IDP... 
Physiotherapy movement based classification approaches to low back pain: comparison of subgroups through review and developer/expert surveyNicholas V Karayannis
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13:24. 2012....- Comparison of neuromuscular and quadriceps strengthening exercise in the treatment of varus malaligned knees with medial knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial protocolKim L Bennell
The University of Melbourne, Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:276. 2011..We hypothesise that the neuromuscular program will reduce medial knee load as well as pain and functional limitations to a greater extent than a traditional quadriceps strengthening program... - The effect of motor control exercise versus placebo in patients with chronic low back pain [ACTRN012605000262606]Chris G Maher
Back Pain Research Group, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:54. 2005..This therapy has a biologically plausible effect, is readily available in primary care and it is of modest cost. However, to date, the efficacy of motor control exercise has not been established... 
Changes in motor unit firing rate in synergist muscles cannot explain the maintenance of force during constant force painful contractionsPaul W Hodges
NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
J Pain 9:1169-74. 2008..However, the changes in activity of synergist muscles may not compensate for changes in the painful muscle. This finding provides evidence of more widespread effects of pain on muscle control...- Changes in the mechanical properties of the trunk in low back pain may be associated with recurrencePaul Hodges
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
J Biomech 42:61-6. 2009..Although increased stiffness may aid in the protection of spinal structures, this may have long-term consequences for spinal health and LBP recurrence due to compromised trunk dynamics (decreased damping)... - Pain induced by injection of hypertonic saline into the infrapatellar fat pad and effect on coordination of the quadriceps musclesPaul W Hodges
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Arthritis Rheum 61:70-7. 2009..This study investigated whether pain induced by injection of saline into the infrapatellar fat pad changes motor control of the quadriceps muscles of the knee... - Corticomotor excitability of back muscles is affected by intervertebral disc lesion in pigsPaul W Hodges
NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Eur J Neurosci 29:1490-500. 2009..These data indicate that IVD lesion induces localized increases, and not decreases, in the excitability of cortical inputs to the deep paraspinal muscles that cross a lesioned disc... - Pain and motor control: From the laboratory to rehabilitationPaul W Hodges
The University of Queensland, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
J Electromyogr Kinesiol 21:220-8. 2011.... - The effect of therapeutic exercise on activation of the deep cervical flexor muscles in people with chronic neck painG A Jull
Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Man Ther 14:696-701. 2009..05). Specific low load C-CF exercise changes spatial and temporal characteristics of DCF activation which may partially explain its efficacy in rehabilitation... - Reorganization of the motor cortex is associated with postural control deficits in recurrent low back painH Tsao
NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Brain 131:2161-71. 2008..These findings provide preliminary evidence of reorganization of trunk muscle representation at the motor cortex in individuals with recurrent LBP, and suggest this reorganization is associated with deficits in postural control... - Co-activation of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles during voluntary exercisesR R Sapsford
Department of Physiotherapy, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Neurourol Urodyn 20:31-42. 2001.... - Relationship between limb movement speed and associated contraction of the trunk musclesP W Hodges
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, Australia
Ergonomics 40:1220-30. 1997..The results indicate that the reaction time latency of the trunk muscles is influenced by limb inertia only with limb movement below a threshold velocity... - Contraction of the abdominal muscles associated with movement of the lower limbP W Hodges
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Phys Ther 77:132-42; discussion 142-4. 1997..A model involving evaluation of the response of the lumbar multifidus and abdominal muscles to leg movement was developed to evaluate this function... - Transversus abdominis and the superficial abdominal muscles are controlled independently in a postural taskP W Hodges
Department of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Australia
Neurosci Lett 265:91-4. 1999..Dissociation of the behaviour of TrA and the other abdominal muscles suggests that TrA may be controlled independently of the motor command for limb movement in contrast to the other abdominal muscles... - Feedforward activity of the cervical flexor muscles during voluntary arm movements is delayed in chronic neck painD Falla
Department of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Exp Brain Res 157:43-8. 2004..As the deep cervical muscles are fundamentally important for support of the cervical lordosis and the cervical joints, change in the feedforward response may leave the cervical spine vulnerable to reactive forces from arm movement... - Contraction of the pelvic floor muscles during abdominal maneuversR R Sapsford
Department of Physiotherapy, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 82:1081-8. 2001..To determine whether voluntary abdominal muscle contraction is associated with pelvic floor muscle activity... - Changes in excitability of corticomotor inputs to the trunk muscles during experimentally-induced acute low back painH Tsao
Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 4072
Neuroscience 181:127-33. 2011..Further work is required to reveal whether such changes involve spinal and/or supraspinal centres and their consequence for spine control... - Measurement of muscle contraction with ultrasound imagingP W Hodges
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2031, Australia
Muscle Nerve 27:682-92. 2003..Ultrasound imaging can thus provide a noninvasive method of detecting isometric muscle contractions of certain individual muscles... - Coexistence of stability and mobility in postural control: evidence from postural compensation for respirationP W Hodges
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Exp Brain Res 144:293-302. 2002..Thus, stability in quiet stance is dependent on movement of multiple body segments and control of equilibrium cannot be reduced to control of a single joint... - Changes in motor planning of feedforward postural responses of the trunk muscles in low back painP W Hodges
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Barker Street Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
Exp Brain Res 141:261-6. 2001..While inhibition of the descending motor command cannot be excluded, it is more likely that the change in recruitment of TrA represents a more complex change in organisation of the postural response... - Postural activity of the diaphragm is reduced in humans when respiratory demand increasesP W Hodges
Department of Physiology, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
J Physiol 537:999-1008. 2001..This attenuation can affect the key inspiratory and expiratory muscles and is likely to be co-ordinated at a pre-motoneuronal site... - Intervertebral stiffness of the spine is increased by evoked contraction of transversus abdominis and the diaphragm: in vivo porcine studiesPaul Hodges
Department of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:2594-601. 2003..In vivo porcine study of intervertebral kinematics... - A comparison of computer-based methods for the determination of onset of muscle contraction using electromyographyP W Hodges
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 101:511-9. 1996..Several methods accurately selected the time of onset of EMG activity and are recommended for future use... - Inefficient muscular stabilization of the lumbar spine associated with low back pain. A motor control evaluation of transversus abdominisP W Hodges
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, Australia
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 21:2640-50. 1996..CONCLUSIONS: The delayed onset of contraction of transversus abdominis indicates a deficit of motor control and is hypothesized to result in inefficient muscular stabilization of the spine... - Do differences in muscle recruitment between novice and elite cyclists reflect different movement patterns or less skilled muscle recruitment?Andrew Chapman
Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 12:31-4. 2009..e. less absolute range of motion, but contend that differences in muscle recruitment are primarily a reflection of more skilled muscle recruitment by elite cyclists... - Mechanical coupling between transverse plane pelvis and thorax rotations during gait is higher in people with low back painW van den Hoorn
The University of Queensland, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
J Biomech 45:342-7. 2012..These results support the argument that people with LBP adopt a protective movement strategy, possibly by increased trunk stiffness... - Peripheral electrical stimulation to induce cortical plasticity: a systematic review of stimulus parametersL S Chipchase
School of Health and Rehabilitations Sciences Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Clin Neurophysiol 122:456-63. 2011..There is insufficient evidence to determine the effect of other stimulation parameters such as frequency and waveform. Further research is needed to confirm whether modulation of these parameters affects plastic change... - Motor unit recruitment strategies are altered during deep-tissue painKylie Tucker
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4029, Australia
J Neurosci 29:10820-6. 2009..The recruitment of new units is partly inconsistent with generalized inhibition of the motoneuron pool predicted by the "pain adaptation" theory, and provides the basis for a new mechanism of motor adaptation with pain... - Temporal association between changes in primary sensory cortex and corticomotor output during muscle painS M Schabrun
The University of Queensland, NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Science, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Neuroscience 235:159-64. 2013..Although altered processing in the primary motor (M1) and sensory cortex (S1) is implicated in pain, the temporal relationship between these regions is unknown and may provide insight into the interaction between them... - Training the cervical muscles with prescribed motor tasks does not change muscle activation during a functional activityDeborah Falla
Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Man Ther 13:507-12. 2008..05). The results demonstrate that training the cervical muscles with a prescribed motor task may not automatically result in improved muscle activation during a functional activity, despite a reduction in neck pain... - Illusory changes in head position induced by neck muscle vibration can alter the perception of elbow positionJoanna Knox
Division of Psychotherapy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Behav Neurosci 120:1211-7. 2006.... - Quadriceps EMG in open and closed kinetic chain tasks in women with patellofemoral painAnn Katrin Stensdotter
Umea University, Umea, Sweden
J Mot Behav 39:194-202. 2007..The nature of the OKC task or the CKC task does not seem to explain contradictory findings regarding VMO activation... - Effects of experimentally-induced anterior knee pain on knee joint position sense in healthy individualsKim Bennell
Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3050, Australia
J Orthop Res 23:46-53. 2005..This study evaluated the effect of experimentally induced knee pain on knee joint position sense (JPS) in healthy individuals... - Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging of the posterior paraspinal musclesMaria Stokes
School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, Hants SO17, 1BJ, UK
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 37:581-95. 2007..Further investigation of many of these observations is required using controlled studies to provide conclusive evidence that RUSI enhances clinical practice... - Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging of pelvic floor muscle functionJackie L Whittaker
School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, UK
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 37:487-98. 2007.... - Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging of the abdominal musclesDeydre S Teyhen
US Army Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 37:450-66. 2007.... - Effect of neck exercise on sitting posture in patients with chronic neck painDeborah Falla
Center for Sensory Motor Interaction, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D 3, DK 9220, Aalborg, Denmark
Phys Ther 87:408-17. 2007....