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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Physical Abilities in Low Back Pain Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study with Exploratory Comparison of Patient Subgroups.

Nejc Šarabon, Nace Vreček, Christian Hofer, Stefan Löfler, Žiga Kozinc, Helmut Kern

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nejc ŠarabonFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-0747-3735
Nace VrečekFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia.
Christian HoferLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria.
Stefan LöflerLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6592-0663
Žiga KozincFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Primorska, 6310 Izola, Slovenia.
Helmut KernInstitute for Physical Medicine, Physiko und Rheumatherapie, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-9661-8814
University of Primorska · SILudwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research · AT

Funding

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Grant Agreement 739574
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An abundance of literature has investigated the association between low back pain (LBP) and physical ability or function. It has been shown that LBP patients display reduced range of motion, decreased balance ability, impaired proprioception, and lower strength compared to asymptomatic persons. The aim of this study was to investigate the differences between LBP patients and healthy controls in terms of several physical abilities. Based on the premised that different biomechanical and physiological causes and consequences could be related to different types of LBP, a secondary exploratory attempt of the study was to examine the differences between LBP subgroups based on the pain location (local or referred) or type of pathology (discogenic or degenerative) on the level of impairment of function and ability. Participants performed range of motion tests, trunk maximal voluntary contraction force tests, a sitting balance assessment, the timed up-and-go test, the chair rise test, and the trunk reposition error test. Compared to the control group, symptomatic patients on average showed 45.7% lower trunk extension (

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biomechanicsdegenerationdiscogenic painflexibilityfunctionlow back painmobilityradiated painstrength

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PMID33802214
PMCPMC8000067
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