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A study of exercise effect on kyphosis with aging; aiming to establish a quantitative evaluation method for paraspinal muscles

Description: Paraspinal muscle degeneration with aging leads to low back pain, kyphosis, and poor quality of life in the elderly. In this study, we evaluated the effect of trunk muscle training on the elderly with low back pain in a multifaceted and objective way. We clarified that trunk muscle training improved low back pain, kyphosis, and quality of life score, and increased the cross-sectional area of the paraspinal muscle. Trunk muscle training is effective in preventing locomotive syndrome in the elderly.

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Amount: ¥4,030,000

Funding type: fellowship

Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Start date: 2017-04-01

End date: 2020-03-31

Investigator: TAKAHIDE SASAKI

Institution: Wakayama Medical University

Topic: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Subfield: Pharmacology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Funded outputs count: 0

Funder award ID: 17K16699

OpenAlex ID: G3348705358