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Importance of the Intersegmental Trunk Muscles for the Stability of the Lumbar Spine

U. Quint, Hans‐Joachim Wilke, Aboulfazl Shirazi‐Adl, Mohamad Pamianpour, F. Löer, L. Claes

Spine · 1998 · 119 citations · 41 references

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Abstract

The action of the intersegmental agonist and antagonist muscles biomechanically increases the overall stiffness (stability) of the intervertebral joints in axial torque and lateral bending, whereas it may destabilize the segment in flexion.

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