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Article ID	#27717
Title	Comparison of the dynamic postural control during lifting and lowering an external load in low back pain: A cross-sectional study
URL	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37422750/
Journal	J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2023 Jan;46(1):52-58
Author(s)	Shahbazi M Sarrafzadeh J Takamjani IE Akhlaghi S Negahban H
Subject(s)	Lifting Low Back Pain Postural Balance
Peer Review	Yes
Publication Type	Article
Abstract/Notes	Objective: This study aimed to compare dynamic postural control between individuals with and without chronic low back pain (LBP) through load lifting and lowering. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 52 male patients with chronic LBP (age: 33.37 ± 9.23 years) and 20 healthy male individuals (age: 31.75 ± 7.43 years). The postural control parameters were measured using a force plate system. The participants were instructed to stand barefoot (hip-width apart) on the force plate and lift a box (10% of the weight of the participants) from the waist height to overhead and then lower it from overhead to waist height. The interaction between the groups and tasks was determined using a 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results: There was no significant interaction between the groups and tasks. Regardless of the groups, postural control parameters including amplitude (P = .001) and velocity (P < .001) in anterior-posterior (AP) direction, phase plane in medial-lateral (ML) direction (P = .001), phase plane in AP-ML direction (P = .001), and the mean total velocity (P < .001) were lesser during the lowering compared with lifting. The results indicated that, regardless of the tasks, the postural control parameters including velocity (P = .004) and phase plane in AP direction (P = .004), velocity in ML direction (P < .001), phase plane (AP-ML) (P = .028), and mean total velocity (P = .001) in LBP were lesser compared with the normal group. Conclusion: Different tasks affected postural control differently in patients with LBP and healthy individuals. Moreover, postural control was more challenged during the load-lowering than the load-lifting task. This may have been a result of a stiffening strategy. It may be that the load-lowering task might be considered as a more influential factor for the postural control strategy. These results may provide a novel understanding of selecting the rehabilitation programs for postural control disorders in patients. Author keywords: Weight Lifting; Postural Balance; Low Back Pain This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher; full text is available by subscription. Click on the above link and select a publisher from PubMed's LinkOut feature.

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