Exercise intervention for unilateral amputees with low back pain: study protocol for a randomised, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atraumatic lower limb amputation is a life-changing event for approximately 185,000 persons in the United States each year. A unilateral amputation is associated with rapid changes to the musculoskeletal system including leg and back muscle atrophy, strength loss, gait asymmetries, differential mechanical joint loading and leg length discrepancies. Even with high-quality medical care and prostheses, amputees still develop secondary musculoskeletal conditions such as chronic low back pain (LBP). Resistance training interventions that focus on core stabilization, lumbar strength and dynamic stability during loading have strong potential to reduce LBP and address amputation-related changes to the musculoskeletal system. Home-based resistance exercise programs may be attract

SUBMITTER: Wasser JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5747115 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature