The relationship between single-item work ability score and self reported work ability in patients with cervical or low back pain

Posture is commonly perceived as the relationship between the segments of the human body upright. Certain parts of the body such as the cephalic extremity, neck, torso, upper and lower limbs are involved in the final posture of the body. Musculoskeletal instabilities and reduced postural control lead to the installation of nonstructural posture deviations in all 3 anatomical planes. When we talk about the sagittal plane, it was concluded that there are 4 main types of posture deviation: hyperlordotic posture, kyphotic posture, rectitude and "sway-back" posture.Pilates method has become in the last decade a much more popular formof exercise used in rehabilitation. The Pilates method is frequently prescribed to people with low back pain due to their orientation on the stabilizing muscles of the pelvis. Pilates exercise is thus theorized to help reactivate the muscles and, by doingso, increases lumbar support, reduces pain, and improves body alignment.

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Prognostic ability of STarT Back Screening Tool combined with work-related factors in patients with low back pain in primary care: a prospective study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046446 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. e046446

Author(s):

Monica Unsgaard-Tøndel ◽

Ottar Vasseljen ◽

Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen ◽

Gard Myhre ◽

Hilde Stendal Robinson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Primary Care ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

High Risk ◽

Work Ability ◽

High Risk Group ◽

Low Back ◽

Related Factors

ObjectivePrimary care screening tools for patients with low back pain may improve outcome by identifying modifiable obstacles for recovery. The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) consists of nine biological and psychological items, with less focus on work-related factors. We aimed at testing the prognostic ability of SBST and the effect of adding items for future and present work ability.MethodsProspective observational study in patients (n=158) attending primary care physical therapy for low back pain. The prognostic ability of SBST and the added prognostic value of two work items; expectation for future work ability and current work ability, were calculated for disability, pain and quality of life outcome at 3 months follow-up. The medium and high-risk group in the SBST were collapsed in the analyses due to few patients in the high-risk group. The prognostic ability was assessed using the explained variance (R2) of the outcomes from univariable and multivariable linear regression and beta values with 95% CIs were used to assess the prognostic value of individual items.ResultsThe SBST classified 107 (67.7%) patients as low risk and 51 (32.3%) patients as medium/high risk. SBST provided prognostic ability for disability (R2=0.35), pain (R2=0.25) and quality of life (R2=0.28). Expectation for return to work predicted outcome in univariable analyses but provided limited additional prognostic ability when added to the SBST. Present work ability provided additional prognostic ability for disability (β=−2.5; 95% CI=−3.6 to −1.4), pain (β=−0.2; 95% CI=−0.5 to −0.002) and quality of life (β=0.02; 95% CI=0.001 to 0.04) in the multivariable analyses. The explained variance (R2) when work ability was added to the SBST was 0.60, 0.49 and 0.47 for disability, pain and quality of life, respectively.ConclusionsAdding one work ability item to the SBST gives additional prognostic information across core outcomes.Clinical trial number:NCT03626389

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The Relationship between Pelvic Tilt Angle and Disability Associated with Low Back Pain

Journal of Physical Therapy Science ◽

10.1589/jpts.25.65 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 65-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Hee Sung Lim ◽

Su Yeon Roh ◽

Suk Min Lee

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Tilt Angle ◽

Pelvic Tilt ◽

Low Back ◽

The Relationship

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Studying the relationship between low back pain and working postures among those who stand and those who sit most of the working day

Ergonomics ◽

10.1080/00140130903141204 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 52 (11) ◽

pp. 1402-1418 ◽

Cited By ~ 94

Author(s):

F. Tissot ◽

K. Messing ◽

S. Stock

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Low Back ◽

Working Postures ◽

Working Day ◽

The Relationship

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The Relationship Between Structural and Functional Brain Changes and Altered Emotion and Cognition in Chronic Low Back Pain Brain Changes

Clinical Journal of Pain ◽

10.1097/ajp.0000000000000534 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 237-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Sin Ki Ng ◽

Donna M. Urquhart ◽

Paul B. Fitzgerald ◽

Flavia M. Cicuttini ◽

Sultana M. Hussain ◽

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Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Chronic Low Back Pain ◽

Low Back ◽

Functional Brain ◽

Brain Changes ◽

The Relationship

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Quality of sleep in pregnant woman with low back pain

Fisioterapia em Movimento ◽

10.1590/0103-5150.028.002.ao12 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 319-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Vanessa Patrícia Soares de Sousa ◽

Silvia Oliveira Ribeiro ◽

Carla Monique Ribeiro de Aquino ◽

Elizabel de Souza Ramalho Viana

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Control Group ◽

Low Back ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Pressure Algometer ◽

The Relationship

Introduction Pregnancy is characterized by several changes in her body. These changes contribute to the emergence of low back pain, which may influence the quality of sleep during pregnancy. Objective To compare the quality of sleep among pregnant women with and without low back pain during pregnancy, examining the relationship between two variables. Materials methods Thirty volunteers aged between 19 and 36 years, divided into control group (CG – n = 16) and Study Group (SG – n = 14), residents in the cities of Natal, were evaluated in the second trimester of pregnancy. To sleep evaluation were used to index the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Low back pain was evaluated using the pressure algometer, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index. Statistical analysis used the Shapiro Wilk test, Student’s T test for independent samples and Pearson correlation test. Results The mean gestational and chronological ages were 28.2 ± 3.4 years and 19.9 ± 3.7 weeks, respectively. Sleep quality was lower in SG (8.21 ± 4.8) when compared to CG (5.94 ± 1.7) and was statistically significant (P = 0.021). Analyzing the relationship between sleep quality and pain intensity, it was observed that the variables have a positive correlation between them (r = 0.372, P = 0.043). Conclusion Our findings indicate that sleep quality is decreased in women with low back pain compared to those without pain.

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