Trial reportPloS one2021
Exploring lumbar and lower limb kinematics and kinetics for evidence that lifting technique is associated with LBP.
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- Symptom relief does not fully reflect functional adaptation after lumbar decompression: longitudinal changes in lifting biomechanics following surgery for degenerative lumbar stenosis.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
- Characterization of abnormal asymmetrical lifting mechanics in surgery-candidate patients with lumbar radiculopathy.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
- Lumbopelvic Kinematics During Functional Tasks in a Chronic Low Back Pain Observational Cohort.JOR spine · 2025Article
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- Is Lifting Technique Related to Pain and Functional Limitation? A Replicated Single-Case Design Study of Five People With Lifting-Related Chronic Low Back Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Biomechanical differences in lower limb movements during lifting tasks before and after fatigue.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Does Pain Self-efficacy influence Initial Forward Bending in Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain following Exercise? A Cohort Study.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- The link between childhood physical activity enjoyment and adult kinesiophobia in individuals with chronic low back pain.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Biomechanical Phenotyping of Chronic Low Back Pain: Protocol for BACPAC.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023Article
- An Exploration of the Influence of Non-Biomechanical Factors on Lifting-Related LBP.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Concurrent validity of DorsaVi wireless motion sensor system Version 6 and the Vicon motion analysis system during lifting.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Occupational exoskeletons: A roadmap toward large-scale adoption. Methodology and challenges of bringing exoskeletons to workplaces.Wearable technologies · 2021Review
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate if lumbar and lower limb kinematics or kinetics are different between groups with and without a history of LBP during lifting. Secondly, to investigate relationships between biomechanical variables and pain ramp during repeated lifting.
methods21 LBP and 20 noLBP participants completed a 100-lift task, where lumbar and lower limb kinematics and kinetics were measured during lifting, with a simultaneous report of LBP intensity every 10 lifts. Lifts were performed in a laboratory setting, limiting ecological validity.
resultsThe LBP group used a different lifting technique to the noLBP group at the beginning of the task (slower and more squat-like). Kinetic differences at the beginning included less peak lumbar external anterior shear force and greater peak knee power demonstrated by the LBP group. However, at the end of the task, both groups lifted with a much more similar technique that could be classified as more stoop-like and faster. Peak knee power remained greater in the LBP group throughout and was the only kinetic difference between groups at the end of the lifting task. While both groups lifted using a more comparable technique at the end, the LBP group still demonstrated a tendency to perform a slower and more squat-like lift throughout the task. Only one of 21 variables (pelvic tilt at box lift-off), was associated with pain ramp in the LBP group. Conclusions: Workers with a history of LBP, lift with a style that is slower and more squat-like than workers without any history of LBP. Common assumptions that LBP is associated with lumbar kinematics or kinetics such as greater lumbar flexion or greater forces were not observed in this study, raising questions about the current paradigm around 'safe lifting'.
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