Individuals with recurrent low back pain exhibit further altered frontal plane trunk control in remission than when in pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Movement alterations due to low back pain (LBP) could lead to long-term adverse consequences if they do not resolve after symptoms subside. This study aims to determine if altered trunk control associated with recurrent low back pain persists beyond symptom duration.

Methods

Twenty young adults with recurrent LBP were tested once during an LBP episode and once in symptom remission, and twenty matched back-healthy participants served as controls. Participants walked on a treadmill with five prescribed step widths (0.33, 0.67, 1, 1.33, 1.67 × preferred step width). Motion capture and surface electromyography were used to record trunk kinematics and muscle activation. Thorax-pelvis coordination was calculated using vector coding, and longissimus activation and co-act

SUBMITTER: Shih HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8392132 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature