Aberrant Lumbopelvic Movements Predict Prospective Functional Decline in Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate if clinically observable aberrant lumbopelvic movements are associated with physical function at 12-month follow-up in older adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP), both directly and indirectly through baseline physical function.

Design

Secondary analysis of a yearlong prospective cohort study.

Setting

Clinical Research Laboratory.

Participants

Community-dwelling older adults with CLBP (N=250).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Data from 239 participants were analyzed. Participants were screened at baseline for aberrant lumbopelvic movements during active trunk flexion; total observable aberrant movements were recorded and summed (range 0-4). Latent constructs of physical function were developed from an

SUBMITTER: Knox PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901446 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature