Are lumbar repositioning errors larger among patients with chronic low back pain compared with asymptomatic subjects?
| Autor: | Mats Djupsjöbacka, Malin Åsell, Helmut Kerschbaumer, Per Sjölander |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Posture Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Asymptomatic Rehabilitation Centers Severity of Illness Index Lumbar Surveys and Questionnaires Severity of illness Back pain Medicine Humans Single-Blind Method Rehabilitation Proprioception business.industry Case-control study Lumbosacral Region Low back pain humanities Case-Control Studies Chronic Disease Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom business human activities Low Back Pain |
| Zdroj: | Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 87(9) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9993 |
| Popis: | To resolve the debate over whether lumbar repositioning acuity is reduced in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) by using a study design and methodology to minimize the effects of potential confounders.A single-blinded, controlled, multigroup comparative study.Vocational rehabilitation center.Ninety-two patients with CLBP, divided into subgroups based on severity of symptoms and diagnostic characteristics. An age- and sex-matched group (n=31) of healthy subjects were the control.Not applicable.We measured repositioning errors (variable, constant) at 3 positions of the lumbar spine. Subjects were guided to a sitting target posture and asked to perform lumbar flexion before reproducing the target posture. Self-assessed pain, self-efficacy, and functional ability were addressed through questionnaires.There were no differences in repositioning errors between the patients with CLBP or the subgroups of patients and the control group. We found only weak correlations between the repositioning errors and the self-reported data on functional disability, self-efficacy, and pain.We suggest that sensorimotor dysfunctions in CLBP should be evaluated with methods other than repositioning tests in order to generate data relevant to the development of rational diagnostic methods and rehabilitation programs. |
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