Non-specific chronic low back pain: differences in spinal kinematics in subgroups during functional tasks.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A multidimensional classification approach suggests that motor control impairment subgroups exist in non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP). Differences in sitting lumbar posture have been identified between two such subgroups [flexion pattern (FP) and active extension pattern (AEP)] and healthy individuals; however, functional spinal movement has not been explored. This study will evaluate whether NSCLBP subgroups exhibit regional spinal kinematic differences, compared to healthy individuals, during functional tasks.

Methods

Observational, cross-sectional study design. Spinal kinematics of 50 NSCLBP subjects (27 FP, 23 AEP) and 28 healthy individuals were investigated using 3D motion analysis (Vicon™) during functional tasks [reaching upwards, step down, step u

SUBMITTER: Hemming R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478114 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature