Increased trunk muscle recruitment during the golf swing is linked to developing lower back pain: A prospective longitudinal cohort study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;2. Movement Physiology Research Laboratory, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;1. INRIA, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France;2. Neurinnov, Montpellier, France;1. Department of Rheumatology, Henri-Mondor Hospital, AP–HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France;2. Department of Clinical Research, Henri-Mondor Hospital, AP–HP, 94010 Créteil cedex, France;3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Espace Médical Vauban, 75007 Paris, France;1. Department of Surgery, CIUSSS-de-L’Est-de-L’Ile-de-Montréal, Hôpital Maisonneuve Rosemont, Montréal, Québec, Canada;2. Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada;1. Innsbruck Institute of Patient-Centered Outcome Research (IIPCOR), Innsbruck, Austria;2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland;3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundThis is the first study that presents electromyographic measurements prior to the development of lower back pain in young elite golfers.Study designProspective longitudinal cohort study.MethodsThirty-three injury free elite golfers were included. Muscle activity from latissimus dorsi, rectus abdominis, external oblique and erector spinae muscles were recorded during 10 drive golf swings. Lower back pain, training and performance were monitored over a six-month period. Muscle activation comparisons were made between the baseline results of those who went on to develop lower back pain versus those who did not go on to develop lower back pain.ResultsAfter the six-month monitoring period 17 participants developed lower back pain. The group that developed lower back pain had increased dominant rectus abdominis and dominant latissimus dorsi activation at various time points throughout the swing.DiscussionThe increased dominant rectus abdominis and dominant latissimus dorsi during the golf swing is linked with developing lower back pain. Training strategies aimed at reducing these muscles activation during the swing may reduce the incidence of lower back pain in young elite male golfers. |
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| Keywords: | Injury Spine Sport Rehabilitation |
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