Sparkes, Valerie
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Spinal pain and dysfunction. Muscle and disc changes
Research Expertise relevant to tissue engineering & repair:
Back pain: with special interest into muscle recovery related to function after back surgery. Fat infiltration into muscle following injury and muscle recovery. Regeneration of muscle size related to pain reduction following back pain. Imaging multifidus muscle in the lumbar spine and transversus abdominus in the abdomen. Identification of somatic and visceral pain related to the thoracic spine. Movement patterns in back pain patients
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