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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether people with low back pain (LBP) who regularly
participated in a rotation-related activity displayed more rotation-related
impairments than people without LBP who did and did not participate in the activity. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data from a case-control study. SETTING:
Musculoskeletal analysis laboratory at an academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS:
A convenience sample of participants with LBP (n=55) who participated in a
rotation-related sport, back-healthy controls (n=26) who participated in a
rotation-related sport, and back-healthy controls (n=42) who did not participate
in a rotation-related sport. Participants were matched based on age, sex, and
activity level. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The total
number of rotation-related impairments and asymmetrical rotation-related
impairments identified during a standardized clinical examination. RESULTS:
Compared with the back-healthy controls who do not play a rotation-related sport
group, both the LBP and back-healthy controls who play a rotation-related sport
groups displayed significantly more (1) rotation-related impairments (LBP,
P<.001; back-healthy controls who play a rotation-related sport, P=.015), (2)
asymmetrical rotation-related impairments (LBP, P=.006; back-healthy controls who
play a rotation-related sport, P=.020), and (3) rotation-related impairments with
trunk movement tests (LBP, P=.002; back-healthy controls who play a
rotation-related sport, P<.001). The LBP group had significantly more
rotation-related impairments with extremity movement tests than both of the
back-healthy groups (back-healthy controls who play a rotation-related sport,
P=.011; back-healthy controls who do not play a rotation-related sport, P<.001).
CONCLUSIONS: The LBP and back-healthy controls who play a rotation-related sport
groups demonstrated a similar number of total rotation-related impairments and
asymmetrical rotation-related impairments, and these numbers were greater than
those of the back-healthy controls who do not play a rotation-related sport
group. Compared with people without LBP, people with LBP displayed more
rotation-related impairments when moving an extremity.
These findings suggest
that impairments associated with extremity movements may be associated with
having an LBP condition.
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