The relationship between structural and functional differences of the lumbar multifidus and structural brain morphology in females with non-specific low back pain: An observational study

• Rahmat Adnan,

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

  Current address: Campus Heymans (UZ) 3 B3, Ghent, Belgium; Academic Building 3, Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

  Affiliations Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-3217

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• Evy Dhondt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Current address: Campus Heymans (UZ) 3 B3, Ghent, Belgium

  Affiliations Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Pain in Motion International Research Group, www.paininmotion.be,

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• Lieven Danneels,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Campus Heymans (UZ) 3 B3, Ghent, Belgium

  Affiliation Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Tine Willems,

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

  Current address: Campus Heymans (UZ) 3 B3, Ghent, Belgium

  Affiliation Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8331-9700

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• Sophie Van Oosterwijck,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Current address: Campus Heymans (UZ) 3 B3, Ghent, Belgium; Academic Building 3, Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

  Affiliations Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Pain in Motion International Research Group, www.paininmotion.be,, Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Brussel, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-876X

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• Jessica Van Oosterwijck

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jessica.VanOosterwijck@UGent.be

  Current address: Campus Heymans (UZ) 3 B3, Ghent, Belgium; Universiteitsplein 1, Antwerpen, Belgium

  Affiliations Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit Ghent, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Pain in Motion International Research Group, www.paininmotion.be,, Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Brussel, Belgium, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-4383

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