Spinal segments do not move together predictably during daily activities.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Considering the thoracic, lumbar spine or whole spine as rigid segments has been the norm until recent studies highlighted the importance of more detailed modelling. A better understanding of the requirement for spine multi-segmental analysis could guide planning of future studies and avoid missing clinically-relevant information. RESEARCH QUESTION:This study aims to assess the correlation between adjacent spine segments movement thereby evaluating segmental redundancy in both healthy and participants with low back pain (LBP). METHODS:A 3D motion capture system tracked the movement of upper and lower thoracic and lumbar spine segments in twenty healthy and twenty participants with LBP. Tasks performed included walking, sit-to-stand and lifting, repeated 3 times. 3D angular kinematics were calculated for each spine segment. Segmental redundancy was evaluated through cross-correlation (Rxy) analysis of kinematics time series and correlation of range of motion (RROM) of adjacent spine segments. RESULTS:The upper/lower lumbar pairing showed weak correlations in the LBP group for all tasks and anatomical planes (Rxyrange:0.02-0.36) but moderate and strong correlations during walking (Rxy _frontalplane:0.4) and lifting (Rxy _sagittalplane:0.64) in the healthy group. The lower thoracic/upper lumbar pairing had weak correlations for both groups during lifting and sit-to-stand in the frontal plane and for walking (Rxy:0.01) in the sagittal plane only. The upper/lower thoracic pairing had moderate correlations during sit-to-stand in sagittal and transverse plane in patients with LBP (Rxy _sagittalplane:0.41; Rxy _transverse plane:-0.42) but weak in healthy (Rxy _sagittalplane:0.23; Rxy _transverseplane:-0.34); the contrary was observed during lifting. The majority of RROM values (55/72) demonstrated weak correlations. SIGNIFICANCE:The results suggest that multi-segmental analysis of the spine is necessary if spine movement characteristics are to be fully understood. We cannot establish a priori where redundancy occurs based on healthy data, therefore extra consideration should be made when planning studies with pathological cohorts.

journal_name

Gait Posture

journal_title

Gait & posture

authors

Papi E,Bull AMJ,McGregor AH

doi

10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.10.031

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-01-01 00:00:00

pages

277-283

eissn

0966-6362

issn

1879-2219

pii

S0966-6362(18)31039-7

journal_volume

67

pub_type

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