ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2021
In vivo measurements of spinal stiffness according to a stepwise increase of axial load.
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- Spinal posture, stiffness and motor control during pushing and pulling in flexion and active extension patterns of chronic nonspecific low back pain.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Adaptation of thoracic and lumbar curvature and spinal muscle activity under changing gravity.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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- Lunar and mars gravity induce similar changes in spinal motor control as microgravity.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Effect of trunk exercise upon lumbar IVD height and vertebral compliance when performed supine with 1 g at the CoM compared to upright in 1 g.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Influence of Axial Load and a 45-Degree Flexion Head Position on Cervical Spinal Stiffness in Healthy Young Adults.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe spine has a complex motor control. Its different stabilization mechanisms through passive, active, and neurological subsystems may result in spinal stiffness. To better understand lumbar spinal motor control, this study aimed to measure the effects of increasing the axial load on spinal stiffness.
methodsA total of 19 healthy young participants (mean age, 24 ± 2.1 years; 8 males and 11 females) were assessed in an upright standing position. Under different axial loads, the posterior-to-anterior spinal stiffness of the thoracic and lumbar spine was measured. Loads were 0%, 10%, 45%, and 80% of the participant's body weight.
resultsData were normally distributed and showed excellent reliability. A repeated-measures analysis of variance with a Greenhouse-Geisser correction showed an effect of the loading condition on the mean spinal stiffness [F (2.6, 744) = 3.456, p < 0.001]. Vertebrae and loading had no interaction [F (2.6, 741) = 0.656, p = 0.559]. Post hoc tests using Bonferroni correction revealed no changes with 10% loading (p = 1.000), and with every additional step of loading, spinal stiffness decreased: 0% or 10-45% loading (p < 0.001), 0% or 10-80% loading (p < 0.001), and 45-80% (p < 0.001).
conclusionWe conclude that a load of ≥ 45% of the participant's body weight can lead to changes in the spinal motor control. An axial load of 10% showed no significant changes. Rehabilitation should include high-axial-load exercise if needed in everyday living.
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