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Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2018

Sensor-based postural feedback is more effective than conventional feedback to improve lumbopelvic movement control in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomised controlled trial.

Thomas Matheve, Simon Brumagne, Christophe Demoulin, Annick Timmermans

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Trial report in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02773160 (Motor Learning for the Lumbar Spine Using Sensor-based Postural Feedback), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Motor Learning for the Lumbar Spine Using Sensor-based Postural Feedback: a Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorHasselt UniversityRan2015 to 2017Enrolled80ConditionsChronic Non-specific Low Back PainArmsSensor-based postural feedback, Mirror feedback, Control group
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Thomas MatheveRehabilitation Research Center - Biomed, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium. Thomas.Matheve@uhasselt.be.ORCID 0000-0003-2523-9723
Simon BrumagneDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Christophe DemoulinDepartment of Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
Annick TimmermansRehabilitation Research Center - Biomed, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImproving movement control can be an important treatment goal for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Although external feedback is essential when learning new movement skills, many aspects of feedback provision in patients with CLBP remain currently unexplored. New rehabilitation technologies, such as movement sensors, are able to provide reliable and accurate feedback. As such, they might be more effective than conventional feedback for improving movement control. The aims of this study were (1) to assess whether sensor-based feedback is more effective to improve lumbopelvic movement control compared to feedback from a mirror or no feedback in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP), and (2) to evaluate whether patients with CLBP are equally capable of improving lumbopelvic movement control compared to healthy persons.

methodsFifty-four healthy participants and 54 patients with chronic non-specific LBP were recruited. Both participant groups were randomised into three subgroups. During a single exercise session, subgroups practised a lumbopelvic movement control task while receiving a different type of feedback, i.e. feedback from movement sensors, from a mirror or no feedback (=control group). Kinematic measurements of the lumbar spine and hip were obtained at baseline, during and immediately after the intervention to evaluate the improvements in movement control on the practised task (assessment of performance) and on a transfer task (assessment of motor learning).

resultsSensor-based feedback was more effective than feedback from a mirror (p < 0.0001) and no feedback (p < 0.0001) to improve lumbopelvic movement control performance (Sensor vs. Mirror estimated difference 9.9° (95% CI 6.1°-13.7°), Sensor vs. Control estimated difference 10.6° (95% CI 6.8°-14.3°)) and motor learning (Sensor vs. Mirror estimated difference 7.2° (95% CI 3.8°-10.6°), Sensor vs. Control estimated difference 6.9° (95% CI 3.5°-10.2°)). Patients with CLBP were equally capable of improving lumbopelvic movement control compared to healthy persons.

conclusionsSensor-based feedback is an effective means to improve lumbopelvic movement control in patients with CLBP. Future research should focus on the long-term retention effects of sensor-based feedback.

trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov NCT02773160 , (retrospectively registered on May 16th, 2016).

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AdultBiomechanical PhenomenaExercise TherapyFeedback, SensoryFemaleHumansLow Back PainLumbosacral RegionMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesFeedbackLow back painMotor learningMovement controlSensorsTechnology

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