Observational studyPM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation2020
Examination of the Lumbar Movement Pattern during a Clinical Test and a Functional Activity Test in People with and without Low Back Pain.
Observational study in PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05600543 (Evaluation of the Effect of Lumbar Belt on Spinal Mobility in Subjects With and Without Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Effect of Lumbar Belt on Spinal Mobility in Subjects With and Without Low Back Pain
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Stereophotogrammetric approaches to multi-segmental kinematics of the thoracolumbar spine: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Motor skill training versus strength and flexibility exercise in people with chronic low back pain: Preplanned analysis of effects on kinematics during a functional activity.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2022Trial
- Moving for relief: a meta-analysis on traditional Chinese exercise and nonspecific low back pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Spinal movement impairments in people with acute low back pain.Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2025Article
- The Observable Movement Quality scale for patients with low back pain (OMQ-LBP): validity and reliability in a primary care setting of physical therapy.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Biomechanical Phenotyping of Chronic Low Back Pain: Protocol for BACPAC.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Physical Function in Amateur Athletes with Lumbar Disc Herniation and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Individuals with recurrent low back pain exhibit further altered frontal plane trunk control in remission than when in pain.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2021Article
- Consistent differences in lumbar spine alignment between low back pain subgroups and genders during clinical and functional activity sitting tests.Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2021Article
- Can Biomechanics Research Lead to More Effective Treatment of Low Back Pain? A Point-Counterpoint Debate.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt is assumed that the lumbar movement pattern observed during a clinical test is representative of the movement pattern used during a functional activity. Very little is known about how the lumbar movement pattern during a clinical test is associated with the lumbar movement pattern during a functional activity and how the lumbar movement pattern is associated with functional limitation.
objectiveThe purpose was to examine the lumbar movement pattern during a clinical test and a functional activity test in people with and people without low back pain (LBP), and the relationship of lumbar motion to LBP-related functional limitation.
designObservational study.
participants16 back-healthy adults and 32 people with chronic LBP.
methodsParticipants performed a standardized clinical test of forward bending and a functional activity test of picking up an object. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Maximal lumbar excursion and lumbar excursion at 0% to 50% and 50% to 100% of movement time were examined.
resultsSignificant associations were present between the two movement tests for both back-healthy people and people with LBP (r = 0.47-0.73). In people with LBP the amount of lumbar motion in the 0% to 50% of movement time interval for both tests was significantly associated with functional limitation (r = 0.43-0.62).
conclusionLumbar movement patterns were similar between the two tests, and lumbar motion early in the movement of a functional test was related to self-report of functional limitation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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