The quadratus lumborum- it’s effiency

The fascicular anatomy of quadratus lumborum vary considerably, between sides and between subjects, with respect to the number of fascicles, their prevalence, and their sizes. Approximately half of the fascicles act on the twelfth rib, and the rest act on the lumbar spine.
According to a study by Phillips S et al in 2008 magnitudes of the compression forces exerted by quadratus lumborum on the lumbar spine, the extensor moment, and the lateral bending moment, were each no greater than 10 % of those exerted by erector spinae and multifidus. Their data indicated that quadratus lumborum has no more than a modest action on the lumbar spine, in quantitative terms. Its actual role in spinal biomechanics has still to be determined.

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