The effect of low back pain and lower limb injury on lumbar multifidus muscle morphology and function in university soccer players

Table 3 Associations between LMM characteristics, low back pain, and lower limb injury

	LBP previous 3-months			Lower limb injury past 12-months
	Coefficient	P-value	95% CI	Coefficient	P-value	95% CI
PRONE
CSA (cm²)	−0.57	0.42	[−1.98, 0.85]	− 0.79	0.21	[−2.06, 0.48]
CSA asy (%)	− 0.28	0.82	[−2.68, 2.13]	− 0.22	0.84	[− 2.42, 1.98]
Thickness (cm)
Rest	− 0.25	0.30	[− 0.73, 0.23]	− 0.05	0.81	[− 0.51, 0.40]
Contracted ^a	0.07	0.75	[−0.40, 0.54]	0.34	0.03	[0.04, 0.64]
% change ^b	12.05	< 0.001	[7.63, 16.46]	1.66	0.60	[−4.85, 8.19]
STANDING
CSA (cm²)	−0.92	0.30	[−2.71, 0.87]	− 0.18	0.84	[−2.01, 1.65]
CSA asy (%)	−1.05	0.41	[−3.66, 1.56]	−0.88	0.46	[−3.3, 1.55]
Thickness (cm)
Rest	−0.01	0.97	[−0.47, 0.45]	0.19	0.21	[−0.12, 0.51]
Contracted	0.01	0.97	[−0.52, 0.54]	0.13	0.13	[−0.08, 0.63]
% change	0.33	0.84	[−3.05, 3.70]	2.07	0.21	[−1.27, 5.43]

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