Degenerative characteristics of multifidus at different vertebral levels of scoliosis in patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis and relationship of these degenerative characteristics with surface electromyography activity

Table 4 sEMG measurements of MF in both groups

Movement task	Level	Control-Right	Control-Light	P value	Level	DLS-concave	DLS-convex	P value
standing still	L1	0.057 ± 0.036	0.049 ± 0.018	0.526	UEV	0.057 ± 0.029	0.062 ± 0.027	0.298
	L3	0.05 ± 0.032	0.054 ± 0.029	0.980	AV	0.051 ± 0.032	0.058 ± 0.040	0.262
	L5	0.083 ± 0.031	0.078 ± 0.039	0.451	LEV	0.055 ± 0.032	0.056 ± 0.030	0.877
maximum standing flexion	L1	0.087 ± 0.041	0.076 ± 0.067	0.558	UEV	0.117 ± 0.049	0.089 ± 0.053	0.000*
	L3	0.075 ± 0.040	0.065 ± 0.026	0.366	AV	0.110 ± 0.045	0.081 ± 0.059	0.005*
	L5	0.124 ± 0.026	0.111 ± 0.029	0.294	LEV	0.205 ± 0.041	0.111 ± 0.046	0.000*
maximum standing extension	L1	0.024 ± 0.009	0.024 ± 0.011	0.743	UEV	0.041 ± 0.033	0.030 ± 0.031	0.017*
	L3	0.032 ± 0.023	0.030 ± 0.019	0.793	AV	0.035 ± 0.028	0.029 ± 0.035	0.039*
	L5	0.041 ± 0.017	0.037 ± 0.036	0.616	LEV	0.150 ± 0.035	0.111 ± 0.029	0.000*

Control-Right: The right multifidus in the Control group. Control-Light: The left multifidus in the Control group. DLS-concave: The concave multifidus in the DLS Group. DLS-convex: The convex multifidus in the DLS Group

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