ArticleChiropractic & manual therapies2017
The comfort and safety of a novel rolling mechanical indentation device for the measurement of lumbar trunk stiffness in young adults.
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- Changes in pain sensitivity and spinal stiffness in relation to responder status following spinal manipulative therapy in chronic low Back pain: a secondary explorative analysis of a randomized trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Trial
- The effect on clinical outcomes when targeting spinal manipulation at stiffness or pain sensitivity: a randomized trial.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- The relation between bulk (external) and internal measures of spinal stiffness.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of persistent low back pain, using correlations between lumbar stiffness, pressure pain threshold, and heat pain threshold.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2021Article
- A consensus approach toward the standardization of spinal stiffness measurement using a loaded rolling wheel device: results of a Delphi study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- The bench-top accuracy of the VerteTrack spinal stiffness assessment device.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- Potential mechanisms for lumbar spinal stiffness change following spinal manipulative therapy: a scoping review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
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- Reliability of a new loaded rolling wheel system for measuring spinal stiffness in asymptomatic participants.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
- Optimizing treatment protocols for spinal manipulative therapy: study protocol for a randomized trial.Trials · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe measurement of Posterior-Anterior (P-A) spinal stiffness is a common component of the physical examination of patients presenting with spinal disorders. The aim of this assessment is to provoke pain and/or to determine the degree of resistance or compliance of these structures and the associated soft-tissues to loading. This information, combined with other patient-specific history and examination findings, is integrated into the clinical reasoning process and is used to guide treatment decisions. Unfortunately, there are inter-rater reliability and standardisation issues associated with the manual performance of this type of assessment. In an attempt to remedy these issues researchers have developed mechanical devices for the measurement of spinal stiffness. The aim of this research is to investigate the comfort and safety of a novel device for measuring P-A trunk stiffness in a sample of young adults.
methodsA sample of young adults from a general population was recruited in May 2016 from Sydney, Australia. Demographic, anthropometric and clinical variables were collected prior to participants undergoing a lumbar P-A trunk stiffness assessment involving a mechanical indentation device called the VerteTrack. The primary outcomes for the study were key feasibility items; overall assessment time, perceived comfort measured both during and after the procedure, and adverse events. Univariate ordinal logistic regression was used to identify key variables associated with a participant's subjective report of comfort both during and after the VerteTrack assessment.
resultsEighty four participants (35% female) with a median age of 23 years (IQR = 3) took part in the research. The mean assessment time for the Vertetrack assessment was 11.6 min (SD = 2.1). Increasing load (
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that the VerteTrack device is well-tolerated and can be used safely and efficiently when measuring P-A stiffness of the lumbar trunk in young adults.
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