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Spinal manipulation in acute low back pain patients is associated with reduced motor-unit firing variability without altering bilateral coordination: a single-motor-unit EMG study of the lumbar multifidus

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-026-00664-w

Published Online: 2026-07-24

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Authors

Lothe, Lise R.

Raven, Tim J. L.

Sandbæk, Gunnar

Eken, Torsten
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Research Council of Norway

Research CouSouth-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and Oslo University Hospital
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Article History

Received: 3 March 2026

Accepted: 30 June 2026

First Online: 24 July 2026

Declarations

Ethics approval and consent to participate: All procedures were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and were approved by the Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics of Southern Norway (S-04054) and recommended by the Data Protection Official for Research at the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (project number 14133). All participants provided written informed consent before participation.

Competing interests: No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors.

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