The role of paraspinal muscles in the pathogenesis of idiopathic scoliosis: A preliminary EMG study
August 15, 2014
The paraspinal muscles of ten patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and four normal healthy controls were investigated electromyographically during standing and locomotion. None of the controls and only three of the scoliotics showed EMG activity while standing. During locomotion, six patients showed a predominance of myoelectic activity on the convexity of the curve. This