Reliability of Ultrasound Imaging for the Assessment of Lumbar Multifidi Thickness in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

Abstract

Good-to-excellent intra- and interexaminer USI procedural reliability may provide clinicians a direct assessment technique for clinical evaluation of the lumbar multifidi in older adults with CLBP. SEMs and MDCs may allow for accurate interpretation of USI assessments in this population.