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Comparison of Coordination and Kinematic Variability of Trunk, Pelvis and Hip Joint in Subjects With and Without Chronic Low Back Pain During an Anterior Load Carriage Task

건강한 성인과 만성요통환자의 전방 짐 나르기 동안 몸통, 골반, 엉덩관절의 협응과 운동형상학적 가변성 비교

  • Chai, Eun-Su (Dept. of Physical Therapy, The Graduate School, Hanseo University) ;
  • Kim, Tack-Hoon (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Hanseo University) ;
  • Rho, Jung-Suk (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Hanseo University) ;
  • Choi, Houng-Sik (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Hanseo University)
  • 채은수 (한서대학교 일반대학원 물리치료학과) ;
  • 김택훈 (한서대학교 보건과학부 물리치료학과) ;
  • 노정석 (한서대학교 보건과학부 물리치료학과) ;
  • 최흥식 (한서대학교 보건과학부 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2015.02.12
  • Accepted : 2015.04.09
  • Published : 2015.05.21
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Abstract

This study investigated the effect of a load of 15% body weight on trunk, pelvis and hip joint coordination and angle variability in subjects with and without chronic low back pain (CLBP) during an anterior load carriage task. Thirty volunteers participated in the study (15 without CLBP, 15 with CLBP). All participants were asked to perform an anterior carriage task with a load of 15% body weight. The outcome measures included the means and standard deviations for measurements of three-dimensional coordination and angle variability of the trunk, pelvis and hip joint. As CLBP patient group .06, control group .70, the correlation coefficient between the groups showed a significant difference only in trunk-pelvic in the sagittal plane (p<.05). Angle variability of CLBP patient group increased significantly in the trunk in frontal plane, the pelvis in all sagittal plane, frontal plane, transverse plane, and the hip in sagittal plane, the hip in frontal plane than angle variability of control group (p<.05). This results mean that the CLBP patient group showed a disconnected coordination pattern in the trunk-pelvis in the sagittal plane, an increased pelvic angle variability in all three planes, and hip angle variability in the sagittal, and frontal planes. The CLBP patient group may have developed a compensatory movement of the pelvis and hip joint arising from the changed stability due to the abnormal coordination patterns of the trunk-pelvic in the sagittal plane. Therefore, CLBP symptoms can potentially worsen in the pelvis and adjacent hip joint in CLBP patients who perform weight-related behaviors in their daily lives. Further research is needed to determine the three-dimensional characteristics of the electromyography and neuromuscular aspects of subjects with CLBP.

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