Lumbar trunk muscle endurance testing: an inexpensive alternative to a machine for evaluation - PubMed (original) (raw)
Clinical Trial
Lumbar trunk muscle endurance testing: an inexpensive alternative to a machine for evaluation
T Ito et al. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1996 Jan.
Abstract
Objectives: The goals of this study were to verify the reliability and safety of new methods for evaluating trunk muscle endurance, and to compare the differences between healthy subjects and patients with chronic low-back pain.
Design: Randomized and controlled study.
Setting: A referral center and institutional practice, and outpatient care.
Subjects: Ninety healthy subjects (37 men and 53 women average age 46.2 years) and 100 patients with CLBP (40 men and 60 women; average age 45.3 years) participated in this study.
Main outcome measures: During trunk flexor and extensor endurance tests, the subjects were asked to maintain the original positions for as long as possible. The performance time (seconds) for which subject could maintain the position was compared between two groups. Test-retest correlation (r) was also analyzed. The degree of lumbar lordosis was compared in conventional and new methods.
Results: All test-retest correlations were significantly high in both groups (p < .01). The performance time was much longer in the healthy subjects than in the patients with CLBP during any procedures (p < .01). Lumbar lordosis was significantly less in our method than in the Kraus-Weber test (p < .01).
Conclusions: This study demonstrated that our methods for measuring trunk flexor and extensor endurance had high reliability, reproducibility, and safety, and were easy to perform, with no need for special equipment. This study also showed that trunk muscles in patients with CLBP were more easily fatigued, compared with those in healthy subjects.
Similar articles
- Electromyographic activity of the trunk extensor muscles: effect of varying hip position and lumbar posture during Roman chair exercise.
Mayer JM, Verna JL, Manini TM, Mooney V, Graves JE. Mayer JM, et al. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2002 Nov;83(11):1543-6. doi: 10.1053/apmr.2002.35103. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2002. PMID: 12422322 - Trunk muscle endurance measurement. Isometric contrasted to isokinetic testing in normal subjects.
Mayer T, Gatchel R, Betancur J, Bovasso E. Mayer T, et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1995 Apr 15;20(8):920-6; discussion 926-7. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1995. PMID: 7644957 - Reliability and validity of lumbar and abdominal trunk muscle endurance tests in office workers with nonspecific subacute low back pain.
del Pozo-Cruz B, Mocholi MH, del Pozo-Cruz J, Parraca JA, Adsuar JC, Gusi N. del Pozo-Cruz B, et al. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2014;27(4):399-408. doi: 10.3233/BMR-140460. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2014. PMID: 24561788 - Isometric back extension endurance tests: a review of the literature.
Moreau CE, Green BN, Johnson CD, Moreau SR. Moreau CE, et al. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2001 Feb;24(2):110-22. doi: 10.1067/mmt.2001.112563. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2001. PMID: 11208223 Review. - Lumbar stabilization: a review of core concepts and current literature, part 2.
Barr KP, Griggs M, Cadby T. Barr KP, et al. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Jan;86(1):72-80. doi: 10.1097/01.phm.0000250566.44629.a0. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2007. PMID: 17304690 Review.
Cited by
- Low back pain.
Delitto A, George SZ, Van Dillen L, Whitman JM, Sowa G, Shekelle P, Denninger TR, Godges JJ; Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. Delitto A, et al. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012 Apr;42(4):A1-57. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2012.42.4.A1. Epub 2012 Mar 30. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012. PMID: 22466247 Free PMC article. - Reliability of an adapted core strength endurance test battery in individuals with axial spondylarthritis.
Rausch AK, Baltisberger P, Meichtry A, Topalidis B, Ciurea A, Vliet Vlieland TPM, Niedermann K. Rausch AK, et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2021 Apr;40(4):1353-1360. doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05408-6. Epub 2020 Sep 21. Clin Rheumatol. 2021. PMID: 32959189 Free PMC article. - TOPS: Trial Of Prevention Strategies for low back pain in patients recently recovered from low back pain-study rationale and protocol.
Stevens ML, Lin CW, Hancock MJ, Latimer J, Buchbinder R, Grotle M, van Tulder M, New CH, Wisby-Roth T, Maher CG. Stevens ML, et al. BMJ Open. 2016 May 23;6(5):e011492. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011492. BMJ Open. 2016. PMID: 27217287 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial. - A review of injury characteristics, aging factors and prevention programmes for the older golfer.
Lindsay DM, Horton JF, Vandervoort AA. Lindsay DM, et al. Sports Med. 2000 Aug;30(2):89-103. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200030020-00003. Sports Med. 2000. PMID: 10966149 Review. - Cost-effectiveness of an intensive group training protocol compared to physiotherapy guideline care for sub-acute and chronic low back pain: design of a randomised controlled trial with an economic evaluation. [ISRCTN45641649].
van der Roer N, van Tulder MW, Barendse JM, van Mechelen W, Franken WK, Ooms AC, de Vet HC. van der Roer N, et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2004 Nov 23;5:45. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-5-45. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2004. PMID: 15560843 Free PMC article.