The Variability of Lumbar Sequential Motion Patterns: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physiological motion of the lumbar spine is a topic of interest for musculoskeletal health care professionals since abnormal motion is believed to be related to lumbar complaints. Many researchers have described ranges of motion for the lumbar spine, but only few have mentioned specific motion patterns of each individual segment during flexion and extension, mostly comprising the sequence of segmental initiation in sagittal rotation. However, an adequate definition of physiological motion is still lacking. For the lower cervical spine, a consistent pattern of segmental contributions in a flexion-extension movement in young healthy individuals was described, resulting in a definition of physiological motion of the cervical spine.

Objective

This study aimed to defin

SUBMITTER: Caelers I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11041474 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature