Lower limb muscle strength is associated with disability in non-specific chronic low back pain-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Lower limb muscle strength is associated with disability in non-specific chronic low back pain

Published:2023-12-31 Issue:3 Volume:11 Page:279-285
ISSN:2148-2837
Container-title:Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi
language:
Short-container-title:

Author:

TOMRUK Murat¹^ORCID,SOYSAL TOMRUK Melda¹^ORCID,KALEMCİ Orhan²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

2. Dokuz Eylül Üniversity, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery

Abstract

Low back pain is one of the most common health problems that affects daily living activities of most people at some time in their lifetime. Non-specific chronic low back pain (NS-CLBP) can be seen in 85-95% of the population. Although it is known that disability and lower limb muscle strength are affected in patients with NS-CLBP, no study investigated the relationship between these variables. The aim of this study was to identify association between disability and lower limb muscle strength in these patients. 79 patients with NS-CLBP were enrolled. The strength of knee extensor and ankle dorsiflexor muscles were measured using a hand-held dynamometer. The disability was assessed using Oswestry Disability Index. Spearman correlation analysis revealed that there were negative significant correlations between Oswestry Disability Index score and right knee extensor muscle strength, left knee extensor muscle strength and left ankle dorsiflexor muscle strength (r=-0.290, p=0.009; r=-0.408, p

Publisher

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Universitesi Saglik Bilimleri Dergisi

Subject

General Medicine

Reference22 articles.

1. Andersson, G. B., 1999. Epidemiological features of chronic low-back pain. Lancet 354(9178), 581-585.

2. Cai, C., Kong, P. W., 2015. Low back and lower-limb muscle performance in male and female recreational runners with chronic low back pain. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 45(6), 436-443

3. Childs, J. D., Piva, S. R., Fritz, J. M., 2005. Responsiveness of the numeric pain rating scale in patients with low back pain. Spine 30(11), 1331-1334.

4. de Sousa, C. S., de Jesus, F. L. A., Machado, M. B., Ferreira, G., Ayres, I. G. T., de Aquino, L. M., Fukuda, T. Y., Gomes-Neto, M., 2019. Lower limb muscle strength in patients with low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Musculoskeletal & Neuronal Interactions 19(1), 69-78.

5. Fujii, T., Matsudaira, K., 2013. Prevalence of low back pain and factors associated with chronic disabling back pain in Japan. European Spine Journal 22(2), 432-438.