ArticleThe Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy2019
Motor Control Changes in Low Back Pain: Divergence in Presentations and Mechanisms.
Article in The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 173 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Translation of Robotic Apparel for Alleviating Low Back Pain: Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC)
The Investigation of Underlying Mechanism of Lumbar Multifidus Muscle Activation Deficits in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain
The Effects of Different Types of Stimulation on Movement Control and Motor Unit Behavior in Individuals With Lumbopelvic Movement Control Impairment
Effects of Somatosensory Motor Control With and Without Myofascial Release on Pain, Lumbar Range of Motion and Functional Disability in Patients With Sciatica
Who cites it
173 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Effects of whole-body vibration therapy on pain, functionality, postural stability, and proprioception in patients with subacute and chronic non-specific low back pain: a systematic review.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of experimental and clinical pain on the spatial distribution of muscle activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Changes of trunk muscle stiffness in individuals with low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Research hotspots and frontiers in non-specific low back pain: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Do people with low back pain walk differently? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Pooled it
- Are neuromuscular adaptations present in people with recurrent spinal pain during a period of remission? a systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Immediate effects of spinal manipulation, exercise therapy, and open-label placebo on lifting performance and pain in individuals with chronic non-specific back pain: a motion laboratory-based crossover randomized controlled trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Trial
- The effect of experimentally induced acute pain on lumbar movement control: a single blinded three-arm cross-over randomized control trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Trial
- Effects of Abdominal Bracing Versus Abdominal Hollowing on Abdominal Muscle Thickness and Activation During Static and Dynamic Trunk Stabilization Tasks in Healthy Adults.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Trial
- Effects of combined trunk stretching and lumbar stabilization exercises for chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026Trial
- Associations between trunk mobility, pain, and quality of life in individuals with chronic low back pain treated with different therapeutic protocols: Potential clinical parameters.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Lipid and metabolic alteration involvement in physiotherapy for chronic nonspecific low back pain.Lipids in health and disease · 2022Trial
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- Physical and cognitive exertion do not influence feedforward activation of the trunk muscles: a randomized crossover trial.Experimental brain research · 2019Trial
- Association Between Embodiment of a Muscular Avatar and Muscle Performance in Virtual Reality for Chronic Low Back Pain: Exploratory Pre-Post Study.JMIR serious games · 2026Article
- Symptom relief does not fully reflect functional adaptation after lumbar decompression: longitudinal changes in lifting biomechanics following surgery for degenerative lumbar stenosis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Assessment of Task-Specific Gait and Balance Deficits in Chronic Low Back Pain Using Multi-Sensor Inertial Measurement Units.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Convergent validity of the position-reposition and thoracolumbar dissociation tests in patients with recurrent low back pain in remission.Brazilian journal of physical therapy · 2026Article
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Abstract
synopsisCompared to healthy individuals, patients with low back pain demonstrate differences in all aspects of trunk motor control that are most often studied as differences in muscle activity and kinematics. However, differences in these aspects of motor control are largely inconsistent. We propose that this may reflect the existence of 2 phenotypes or possibly the ends of a spectrum, with "tight control" over trunk movement at one end and "loose control" at the other. Both may have beneficial effects, with tight control protecting against large tissue strains from uncontrolled movement and loose control protecting against high muscle forces and resulting spinal compression. Both may also have long-term negative consequences. For example, whereas tight control may cause high compressive loading on the spine and sustained muscle activity, loose control may cause excessive tensile strains of tissues. Moreover, both phenotypes could be the result of either an adaptation process aimed at protecting the low back or direct interference of low back pain and related changes with trunk motor control. The existence of such phenotypes would suggest different motor control exercise interventions. Although some promising data supporting these phenotypes have been reported, it remains to be shown whether these phenotypes are valid, how treatment can be targeted to these phenotypes, and whether this targeting yields superior clinical outcomes.
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