DISTINGUISHABLE GROUPS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL LOW-BACK-PAIN PATIENTS AND ASYMPTOMATIC CONTROL SUBJECTS BASED ON PHYSICAL MEASURES OF THE NIOSH LOW-BACK ATLAS

被引：40

作者：

MOFFROID, MT

HAUGH, LD

HENRY, SM

SHORT, B

机构：

[1] Departments of Physical Therapy, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

[2] Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

[3] Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

来源：

SPINE | 1994年 / 19卷 / 12期

关键词：

LOW BACK PAIN; DISTINGUISHABLE GROUPS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

D O I：

10.1097/00007632-199406000-00008

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Study Design. The authors performed an empirical prospective study of 115 patients referred to physical therapy for low back pain and 112 control subjects of similar age and gender. Objectives. The authors defined and compared subgroups based on physical tests and described demographic and psychosocial characteristics by group. Summary of Background Data. Prospective studies of intervention for persons with low back pain are limited by inability to randomize subjects into distinguishable groups. Previous attempts have not been empirical and have not focused on musculoskeletal LBP. Methods. Ten physical therapists administered 52 tests and 6 questionnaires to subjects in seven different clinics. Data were subjected to reliability and cluster and comparative analyses. Results. Tests were reliable. Groups were distinguished by measures of symmetry, flexibility, strength, and dynamic mobility. Conclusion. Distinguishable groups can be determined; decreased trunk mobility characterized all groups of patients and imbalances in muscle length, strength, and symmetry described specific groups of subjects with and without low back pain.

引用

页码：1350 / 1358

页数：9

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