This paper aims to develop understanding of three important motor control issues—
feedforward mechanisms, cortical plasticity and task-specificity and assess the implications …

Anticipatory (APAs) and compensatory (CPAs) postural adjustments are the two principal
mechanisms that the central nervous system uses to maintain equilibrium while standing …

Grenier SG, McGill SM. Quantification of lumbar stability by using 2 different abdominal
activation strategies. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the abdominal hollowing technique …

Silfies SP, Mehta R, Smith SS, Karduna AR. Differences in feedforward trunk muscle activity
in subgroups of patients with mechanical low back pain. OBJECTIVE: To investigate …

Introduction Various studies have shown that spine stabilisation exercise therapy elicits
improvements in symptoms/disability in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain …

The timing of trunk muscle activation has become an important element in the understanding
of human movement in normal and chronic low back pain populations. The detection of …

Study Design Experimental laboratory study supplemented with a repeated case study.
Objective To examine bilateral muscle activity of the deep abdominals in response to rapid …

The Biering-Sørensen test is commonly used to assess paraspinal muscle endurance.
Research using a single repetition of the test has provided conflicting evidence for the …

Although deficits in the activation of abdominal muscles are present in people with low back
pain (LBP), this can be modified with motor training. Training of deep abdominal muscles in …

To examine the fatigue-induced adaptive changes (eg, timing) of anticipatory postural
adjustments (APAs), APAs of 30 research participants were recorded before (baseline) and …