ArticleThe Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy2019
Analysis of Motor Control in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Key to Personalized Care?
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. Cited by 56 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How to tackle non-specific low back pain among adult patients? A systematic review with a meta-analysis to compare four interventions.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Mind-Body Exercise Performed by Physical Therapists for Reducing Pain and Disability in Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
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- Do people with low back pain walk differently? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Pooled it
- 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
- Physical and cognitive exertion do not influence feedforward activation of the trunk muscles: a randomized crossover trial.Experimental brain research · 2019Trial
- Biokinetic insights into the hip-spine relationship: no correlation between hip strength or flexibility and altered pelvic motion in patients with low back pain.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
- Acute Modulation of Lumbar Motor Unit Behavior During Experimentally Induced Low Back Pain: A Motor Unit Decomposition Analysis.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026Article
- Development and reliability of a systematic method to evaluate lumbar paraspinal muscle size and quality in computed tomography images.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Individualised exercise for patients with persistent low back pain and lateral abdominal muscle impairments: a randomised feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Identifying gait subgroups in low back pain patients with artificial intelligence: implications for individualized interventions.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 · 2025Article
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- Exercise Prescription for Patients With Persistent Low Back Pain Who Present With Impaired Lateral Abdominal Muscle Activation: A Delphi Survey.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025Article
- Effects of Visual Input on Postural Stability and Compensatory Strategies in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessing lumbar posture variability in individuals with chronic low back pain in daily life.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Comparison of the reticulospinal drive to lumbar erector spinae muscles in postural and voluntary tasks using the StartReact paradigm.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Sex-specific trunk movement coordination in participants with low-back pain and asymptomatic controls.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- A Critical Review of Trunk and Hip Exercise Prescription: Applying Evidence for a Modern Approach.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Implications for fall efficacy strategies on center of pressure and center of gravity sway distances in adults with chronic low back pain.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 · 2024Article
- Motion Tape Strain During Trunk Muscle Engagement in Young, Healthy Participants.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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synopsisMotor control exercise has been shown to be effective in the management of low back pain (LBP). However, the effect sizes for motor control exercise are modest, possibly because studies have used a one-size-fits-all approach, while the literature suggests that patients may differ in presence or type of motor control issues. In this commentary, we address the question of whether consideration of such variation in motor control issues might contribute to more personalized motor control exercise for patients with LBP. Such an approach is plausible, because motor control changes may play a role in persistence of pain through effects on tissue loading that may cause nociceptive afference, particularly in the case of peripheral sensitization. Subgrouping systems used in clinical practice, which comprise motor control aspects, allow reliable classification that is, in part, aligned with findings in studies on motor control in patients with LBP. Motor control issues may have heuristic value for treatment allocation, as the different presentations observed suggest different targets for motor control exercise, but this remains to be proven. Finally, clinical assessment of patients with LBP should take into account more aspects than motor control alone, including pain mechanisms, musculoskeletal health, and psychosocial factors, and may need to be embedded in a stratification approach based on prognosis to avoid undue diagnostic procedures.
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