SynthesisEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2022
Association of pain-related threat beliefs and disability with postural control and trunk motion in individuals with low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Remapping Body Representation Using Virtual Reality in Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
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- Is movement variability altered in people with chronic non-specific low back pain? A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Somatosensory reweighting and visual strategies during three repeated trials of the sensory organization test in adults with chronic low back pain.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
- Association between pain, physical performance, and kinesiophobia in older women with low back pain: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Kinematic characteristics of lumbar flexion and extension in lumbar spinal stenosis: the role of pain catastrophizing.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 · 2025Article
- Chronic low back pain and postural instability: interaction effects of pain severity, age, BMI, and disability.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Postural control among older adults with fear of falling and chronic low back pain.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
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- Postural and Lumbopelvic Control: Crucial Factors in the Functionality of Patients with Low Back Pain-A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Observational
- The association between disability and physical performance, pain intensity, and pain-related anxiety in patients after lumbar decompression surgery: a cross-sectional study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
purposeLow back pain (LBP) individuals with high levels of fear of pain might display changes in motor behavior, which leads to disability. This study aimed to systematically review the influence of pain-related threat beliefs or disability on trunk kinematic or postural control in LBP.
methodEight electronic databases were searched from January 1990 to July 1, 2020. Meta-analysis using random-effect model was performed for 18 studies on the association between pain-related threat beliefs or disability and lumbar range of motion. Pearson r correlations were used as the effect size.
resultNegative correlations were observed between lumbar range of motion (ROM) and pain-related threat beliefs (r = - 0.31, p < 0.01, 95% CI: - 0.39, - 0.24) and disability (r = - 0.24, p < 0.01, 95% CI: - 0.40, - 0.21). Nonsignificant correlations were reported between pain-related threat beliefs and center of pressure parameters during static standing in 75% of the studies. In 33% of the studies, moderate negative correlations between disability and postural control were observed.
conclusionMotor behaviors are influenced by several factors, and therefore, the relatively weak associations observed between reduced lumbar ROM with higher pain-related threat beliefs and perceived disability, and postural control with disability are to be expected. This could aid clinicians in the assessment and planning rehabilitation interventions. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE I: Diagnostic: individual cross-sectional studies with the consistently applied reference standard and blinding.
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