Experimental Low Back Pain Decreased Trunk Muscle Activity in Currently Asymptomatic Recurrent Low Back Pain Patients During Step Tasks

Autor: Thomas Graven-Nielsen, Rogerio Pessoto Hirata, Lars Henrik Larsen
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Larsen, L H, Hirata, R P & Graven-Nielsen, T 2018, ' Experimental low back pain decreased trunk muscle activity in currently asymptomatic recurrent low back pain patients during step tasks ', Journal of Pain, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 542-551 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2017.12.263
ISSN: 1526-5900
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.12.263
Popis: Low back pain (LBP) patients demonstrate reorganized trunk muscle activity but if similar changes are manifest in recurrent LBP patients (R-LBP) during asymptomatic periods remains unknown. In 26 healthy and 27 currently asymptomatic R-LBP participants electromyographic activity (EMG) was recorded from trunk and gluteal muscles during series of stepping up and down on a step bench before and during experimentally intramuscular induced unilateral and bilateral LBP. Pain intensity was assessed by numeric rating scale (NRS) scores. Root-mean-square EMG (RMS-EMG) normalized to maximal voluntary contraction EMG and pain-evoked differences from baseline (Delta-RMS-EMG) were analyzed. Step task duration was calculated from foot sensors. R-LBP compared with controls showed higher baseline RMS-EMG and NRS scores of experimental pain (PPERSPECTIVES: Task duration and trunk muscle activity increased in controls and decreased in R-LBP patients during experimental muscle LBP. These results indicate protective strategies in controls during acute pain while R-LBP patients showed higher pain intensity and altered strategies that may be caused by the higher pain intensity, but the long-term consequence remains unknown.
Databáze: OpenAIRE