Differences in brain processing of proprioception related to postural control in patients with recurrent non-specific low back pain and healthy controls.

ABSTRACT: Patients with non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) show an impaired postural control during standing and a slower performance of sit-to-stand-to-sit (STSTS) movements. Research suggests that these impairments could be due to an altered use of ankle compared to back proprioception. However, the neural correlates of these postural control impairments in NSLBP remain unclear. Therefore, we investigated brain activity during ankle and back proprioceptive processing by applying local muscle vibration during functional magnetic resonance imaging in 20 patients with NSLBP and 20 controls. Correlations between brain activity during proprioceptive processing and (Airaksinen et al., 2006) proprioceptive use during postural control, evaluated by using muscle vibration tasks during standing, and (Altman

SUBMITTER: Goossens N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545448 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature