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    Spinal Kinematic Variability Is Increased In People With Chronic Low Back Pain During A Repetitive Lifting Task

    Alsubaie, AM, Sanderson, A ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7892-1067, Cabral, HV, Martinez Valdes, E and Falla, D (2023) Spinal Kinematic Variability Is Increased In People With Chronic Low Back Pain During A Repetitive Lifting Task. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 73. 102832. ISSN 1050-6411

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    Abstract

    Changes in spinal kinematic variability have been observed in people with chronic non-specific LBP (CNSLBP) during the performance of various repetitive functional tasks. However, the direction of these changes (i.e., less or more kinematic variability) is still not established. This study aimed to assess differences in kinematic variability of the 3D angular displacement of thoracic and lumbar spinal segments in people with CNSLBP compared to asymptomatic individuals during a repetitive lifting task. Eleven people with CNSLBP and eleven asymptomatic volunteers performed 10 cycles of multi-planar lifting movements while spinal kinematics were recorded. For the three planes of motion, point-by-point standard deviations (SDs) were computed across all cycles of lifting and the average was calculated as a measure of kinematic variability for both segments. People with CNSLBP displayed higher thoracic (F= 8.00, p=0.010, ηp2=0.286) and lumbar kinematic variability (F= 5.48, p=0.030, ηp2=0.215) in the sagittal plane. Moreover, group differences were observed in the transversal plane for thoracic (F= 7.62, p=0.012, ηp2=0.276) and lumbar kinematic variability (F= 5.402, p=0.031, ηp2=0.213), as well as in the frontal plane for thoracic (F= 7.27, p=0.014, ηp2=0.267) and lumbar kinematic variability (F= 6.11, p=0.022, ηp2=0.234) all showing higher variability in those with CNSLBP. A significant main effect of group (p<0.05) was not detected for spinal range of motion (ROM). Interestingly, people with CNSLBP completed the lifting task with the same ROM in all three planes of motion as observed for asymptomatic individuals, yet they performed the lifting task with higher spinal kinematic cycle-to-cycle variation.

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