Psychomotor speed and postural control in chronic low back pain patients A controlled follow-up study

Spine
S LuotoH Alaranta

Abstract

Psychomotor speed (reaction time) and postural control (center point of force velocity) among healthy control volunteers and patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) were studied at the beginning of an active, functional, restoration back rehabilitation program and 5 months after the program. To study cross-sectionally reaction times and center points of force velocity among control volunteers and patients with low back pain, and to evaluate the effects of the restoration on these measures of motor function in a follow-up examination. Deficits of motor skills and of coordination have been reported in association with musculoskeletal disorders, but one can only speculate about an association between proprioceptive dysfunction and low back disorders on the basis of the currently available data. Sixty-one healthy control volunteers and 99 patients with low back pain-68 of these patients experienced moderate pain; 31 experienced severe pain-participated in the study. Reaction times for upper and lower limbs were tested with a system based on a microcomputer. Postural stability was measured with a vertical force platform. A consistent trend was found in which patients with low back pain had reaction times slower than these of contr...Continue Reading

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