PMID- 35879124 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220809 LR - 20220911 IS - 1532-6586 (Electronic) IS - 0161-4754 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 3 DP - 2022 Mar-Apr TI - Effect of Motor Control Training on Trunk Muscle Morphometry, Pain, and Disability in People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PG - 202-215 LID - S0161-4754(22)00046-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jmpt.2022.06.003 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to study the effects of motor control training (MCT) on trunk muscle morphometry measured by ultrasound imaging and pain and disability in individuals with chronic low back pain. METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane Library databases were searched from study inception until January 2021. Randomized control trials evaluating both muscle morphometry and pain or disability in individuals with chronic low back pain were included. Study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment were performed by 2 reviewers independently. Modified Downs and Black tool and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach were used to assess the risk of bias and quality of evidence, respectively. A meta-analysis was performed using a random effects model with mean difference or standardized mean difference (SMD). RESULTS: Of 3459 studies initially identified, 15 studies were included, and 13 studies were selected for meta-analysis. The results revealed no differences in the resting thickness of the transversus abdominis, internal and external oblique, and lumbar multifidus muscles in studies that compared MCT with other interventions. The transversus abdominis muscles contraction ratio was greater (SMD = 0.93; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.0 to 1.85) and lower pain (weighted mean difference: -1.07 cm; 95% CI, -1.91 to -0.22 cm; P = .01) and disability (SMD = -0.86; 95% CI, -1.42 to -0. 29; P < .01) scores were found in the groups who underwent MCT compared with other interventions. CONCLUSION: This systematic review and meta-analysis found that motor control exercise training increased the transverse abdominis contraction ratio (muscle activation) and improved the level of pain and disability compared to other interventions in people with chronic low back pain. However, motor control exercise training was not superior to other interventions in increasing the resting thickness of deep abdominal and lumbar multifidus muscles in intervention times less than 12 weeks. CI - Copyright (c) 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Shanbehzadeh, Sanaz AU - Shanbehzadeh S AD - Rehabilitation Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - ShahAli, Shabnam AU - ShahAli S AD - Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: shabnamshahali@yahoo.com. FAU - Hides, Julie AU - Hides J AD - School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. FAU - Ebrahimi-Takamjani, Ismail AU - Ebrahimi-Takamjani I AD - Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Rasouli, Omid AU - Rasouli O AD - Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20220722 PL - United States TA - J Manipulative Physiol Ther JT - Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics JID - 7807107 SB - IM MH - Abdominal Muscles/diagnostic imaging/physiology MH - *Chronic Pain/therapy MH - Humans MH - *Low Back Pain/diagnostic imaging/therapy MH - Lumbosacral Region MH - Paraspinal Muscles/diagnostic imaging/physiology MH - Torso OTO - NOTNLM OT - Exercise OT - Low Back Pain OT - Rehabilitation OT - Ultrasonography EDAT- 2022/07/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/10 06:00 CRDT- 2022/07/25 22:03 PHST- 2022/03/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/05/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/06/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/25 22:03 [entrez] AID - S0161-4754(22)00046-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jmpt.2022.06.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2022 Mar-Apr;45(3):202-215. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2022.06.003. Epub 2022 Jul 22.