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. 2019 Jan 20;17(4):217–225. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2018.03.008

Table 2.

Percentage MVIC During FW and BW in Healthy Participants and CLBP Patients

Groups FW
BW
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Healthy
 MF 114 ± 74.2 140.7 ± 80.06
 ES 293.2 ± 199.98 332.0 ± 226.33



CLBP
 MF 210.4 ± 116.63 261.7 ± 146.01
 ES 401.7 ± 318.1 480.7 ± 367.97

BW, backward walking; CLBP, chronic low back pain; ES, erector spinae; FW, forward walking; MF, multifidus; MVIC, maximal voluntary isometric contraction.