Lumbar multifidus muscle morphology is associated with low back-related pain duration, disability, and leg pain: A cross-sectional study in secondary care

• Jeffrey R. Cooley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.cooley.murdoch@gmail.com

  Affiliation College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3009-7013

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• Per Kjaer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark, Health Sciences Research Centre, UCL University College, Odense M, Denmark

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5340-8649

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• Tue S. Jensen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Regional Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark, Spine Centre of Southern Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark, Chiropractic Knowledge Hub, Odense M, Denmark

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• Angela Jacques,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

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• Jean Theroux,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

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• Jeffrey J. Hebert

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

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