Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 87-94 , January 2009

Reliability of Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging of the Transversus Abdominis and Lumbar Multifidus Muscles

  • Shane L. Koppenhaver, MPT

      Affiliations

    • College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Officer, United States Army
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Shane L. Koppenhaver, MPT, 1416 Downington Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
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  • Jeffrey J. Hebert, DC

      Affiliations

    • College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Julie M. Fritz, PhD, PT, ATC

      Affiliations

    • College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Eric C. Parent, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy/Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Deydre S. Teyhen, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Officer, United States Army
    • US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, San Antonio, TX
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  • John S. Magel, DSc, PT

      Affiliations

    • Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT

  • Image Result

    Ultrasound images of the TrA, internal oblique (IO), and external oblique (EO) muscles (A) during rest and (B) during an ADIM. Thickness measurements were made between the superficial and deep borders

    Ultrasound images of the TrA, internal oblique (IO), and external oblique (EO) muscles (A) during rest and (B) during an ADIM. Thickness measurements were made between the superficial and deep borders of the TrA muscle.

  • Image Result
    Ultrasound images of the lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle (A) during rest and (B) during a contralateral arm raise. Thickness measurements were made between the posterior-most portion of the L4/5 facet j

    Ultrasound images of the lumbar multifidus (LM) muscle (A) during rest and (B) during a contralateral arm raise. Thickness measurements were made between the posterior-most portion of the L4/5 facet joint and the plane between the muscle and subcutaneous tissue.

 Supported in part by Sonosite Inc, Bothell, WA, by providing the ultrasound machine used in this study at no charge to the Division of Physical Therapy, University of Utah.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(08)01497-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.022

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 87-94 , January 2009

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