ArticlePloS one2015
The Effects of Vibration and Muscle Fatigue on Trunk Sensorimotor Control in Low Back Pain Patients.
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- The Use of Sensors to Prevent, Predict Transition to Chronic and Personalize Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of low-magnitude, variable-frequency vibration therapy on pain threshold levels and mobility in adults with moderate knee osteoarthritis-randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Trial
- Bioengineering Innovations for Personalized Care in Low Back Pain: From Sensors to Smart Therapeutics.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Innovative Compact Vibrational System with Custom GUI for Modulating Trunk Proprioception Using Individualized Vibration Parameters.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Novel multimodal mechanical stimulation is superior to TENS to treat and prevent chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Preventing opioid prescribing for low back pain using multimodal mechanical stimulation vs. TENS: a randomized-controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Vibration-Induced Alteration in Trunk Extensor Muscle Proprioception as a Model for Impaired Trunk Control in Low Back Pain.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- The influence of vibratory massage after physical exertion on selected psychological processes.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- An exploration of knowledge-organizing technologies to advance transdisciplinary back pain research.JOR spine · 2023Article
- In the back of your mind: Cortical mapping of paraspinal afferent inputs.Human brain mapping · 2022Article
- The Effect of Lumbar Belts with Different Extensibilities on Kinematic, Kinetic, and Muscle Activity of Sit-to-Stand Motions in Patients with Nonspecific Low Back Pain.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Impairments in trunk muscles performance and proprioception in older adults with hyperkyphosis.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2022Article
- Identifying Motor Control Strategies and Their Role in Low Back Pain: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach Bridging Neurosciences With Movement Biomechanics.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Short-term effect of delayed-onset muscle soreness on trunk proprioception during force reproduction tasks in a healthy adult population: a crossover study.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Low Back Pain: The Potential Contribution of Supraspinal Motor Control and Proprioception.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2019Review
- Motor Control Changes in Low Back Pain: Divergence in Presentations and Mechanisms.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2019Article
- Trunk proprioception adaptations to creep deformation.European journal of applied physiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionChanges in sensorimotor function and increased trunk muscle fatigability have been identified in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP). This study assessed the control of trunk force production in conditions with and without local erector spinae muscle vibration and evaluated the influence of muscle fatigue on trunk sensorimotor control.
methodsTwenty non-specific cLBP patients and 20 healthy participants were asked to perform submaximal isometric trunk extension torque with and without local vibration stimulation, before and after a trunk extensor muscle fatigue protocol. Constant error (CE), variable error (VE) as well as absolute error (AE) in peak torque were computed and compared across conditions. Trunk extensor muscle activation during isometric contractions and during the fatigue protocol was measured using surface electromyography (sEMG).
resultsForce reproduction accuracy of the trunk was significantly lower in the patient group (CE = 9.81 ± 2.23 Nm; AE = 18.16 ± 3.97 Nm) than in healthy participants (CE = 4.44 ± 1.68 Nm; AE = 12.23 ± 2.44 Nm). Local erector spinae vibration induced a significant reduction in CE (4.33 ± 2.14 Nm) and AE (13.71 ± 3.45 Nm) mean scores in the patient group. Healthy participants conversely showed a significant increase in CE (8.17 ± 2.10 Nm) and AE (16.29 ± 2.82 Nm) mean scores under vibration conditions. The fatigue protocol induced erector spinae muscle fatigue as illustrated by a significant decrease in sEMG median time-frequency slopes. Following the fatigue protocol, patients with cLBP showed significant decrease in sEMG root mean square activity at L4-5 level and responded in similar manner with and without vibration stimulation in regard to CE mean scores.
conclusionsPatients with cLBP have a less accurate force reproduction sense than healthy participants. Local muscle vibration led to significant trunk neuromuscular control improvements in the cLBP patients before and after a muscle fatigue protocol. Muscle vibration stimulation during motor control exercises is likely to influence motor adaptation and could be considered in the treatment of cLBP. Further work is needed to clearly identify at what levels of the sensorimotor system these gains are achievable.
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