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Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , February 2012

Multifidus muscle size and symmetry among elite weightlifters

Patraporn Sitilertpisan
- Biomedical Sciences Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intravarorot St., Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +66 81 7721244; fax: +66 53 946042.
Julie Hides
- School of Physiotherapy, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo), Queensland, Australia
- Mater Back Stability Clinic, Mater Health Services, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Warren Stanton
- School of Physiotherapy, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo), Queensland, Australia
- Mater Back Stability Clinic, Mater Health Services, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Aatit Paungmali
- Biomedical Sciences Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intravarorot St., Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Ubon Pirunsan
- Biomedical Sciences Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intravarorot St., Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand

Received 16 September 2010 ,Revised 10 February 2011 ,Accepted 20 April 2011.

Bilateral transverse image at the L3 vertebral level showing the shadow of the spinous process in the center of the image and the lumbar multifidus muscle, with and without the CSAs traced.

Bilateral transverse image at the L3 vertebral level showing the shadow of the spinous process in the center of the image and the lumbar multifidus muscle, with and without the CSAs traced.
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