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Motor control learning in chronic low back pain.

AbstractSTUDY DESIGN:
A randomized prospective cohort study of participants with chronic low back pain, seeking physical therapy, with follow-up at weeks 6 and 28. Effects of conventional physiotherapy and physiotherapy with the addition of postural biofeedback were compared.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the benefits of postural biofeedback in chronic low back pain participants.
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:
Biofeedback using electromyographic signals has been used in chronic low back pain with mixed results. Postural feedback had not been previously used.
METHODS:
Demographic and psychological baseline data along with range of motion were analyzed from a sample of 47 chronic participants with low back pain randomized into conventional physiotherapy with or without the addition of postural biofeedback.
RESULTS:
After 6 months, there were 21 dropouts. The participants with biofeedback had markedly improved status in visual analog pain scales, short form-36, and range of motion.
CONCLUSION:
The study strongly suggests that postural feedback is a useful adjunct to conventional physiotherapy of chronic low back pain participants.
AuthorsMarianne L Magnusson, Daniel H Chow, Zoe Diamandopoulos, Malcom H Pope
JournalSpine (Spine (Phila Pa 1976)) Vol. 33 Issue 16 Pg. E532-8 (Jul 15 2008) ISSN: 1528-1159 [Electronic] United States
PMID18628693 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biofeedback, Psychology (instrumentation, methods)
  • Cohort Studies
  • Exercise Therapy (instrumentation, methods)
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Learning (physiology)
  • Low Back Pain (physiopathology, psychology, therapy)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Skills (physiology)
  • Pain Measurement (instrumentation, methods)
  • Posture (physiology)

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