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Fujii R, Imai R, Shigetoh H, Tanaka S, Morioka S. Changes in task-specific fear of movement and impaired trunk motor control by pain neuroscience education and exercise: A preliminary single-case study of a worker with low back pain. SAGE Open Med Case Rep 2022; 10:2050313X221131162. [PMID: 36313268 PMCID: PMC9608066 DOI: 10.1177/2050313x221131162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
We report a case (a worker with low back pain) who was provided patient education and therapeutic exercise, and we performed a detailed kinematic analysis of his work-related activity over time. The subjects were one 28-year-old male worker with low back pain. In addition, to clearly identify impaired trunk movement during work-related activity in the low back pain subject, 20 age-matched healthy males (control group) were also included as a comparison subject. He received pain neurophysiology education and exercise instruction. We analyzed the subject's trunk movement pattern during a lifting task examined by a three-dimensional-motion capture system. In addition, task-specific fear that occurred during the task was assessed by the numerical rating scale. The assessment was performed at the baseline phase (4 data points), the intervention phase (8 data points), and the follow-up phase (8 data points), and finally at 3 and 8 months after the follow-up phase. No intervention was performed in the control group; they underwent only one kinematic evaluation at baseline. As a result, compared to the control group, the low back pain subject had slower trunk movement velocity (peak trunk flexion velocity = 50.21 deg/s, extension velocity = -47.61 deg/s), and his upper-lower trunk segments indicated an in-phase motion pattern (mean absolute relative phase = 15.59 deg) at baseline. The interventions reduced his pain intensity, fear of movement, and low back pain-related disability; in addition, his trunk velocity was increased (peak trunk flexion velocity = 82.89 deg/s, extension velocity = -77.17 deg/s). However, the in-phase motion pattern of his trunk motor control remained unchanged (mean absolute relative phase = 16.00 deg). At 8 months after the end of the follow-up, the subject's in-phase motion pattern remained (mean absolute relative phase = 13.34 deg) and his pain intensity had increased. This report suggests that if impaired trunk motor control remains unchanged after intervention, as in the course of the low back pain subject, it may eventually be related to a recurrence of low back pain symptoms.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ren Fujii
- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Koryo-cho, Japan,Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Corporation Tanakakai, Musashigaoka Hospital, Kumamoto-shi, Japan,Ren Fujii, Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Koryo-cho 635-0832, Nara, Japan.
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- School of Rehabilitation, Osaka Kawasaki Rehabilitation University, Kaizuka-shi, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, Kyoto-shi, Japan,Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, Koryo-cho, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Corporation Tanakakai, Musashigaoka Hospital, Kumamoto-shi, Japan
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, Koryo-cho, Japan,Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, Koryo-cho, Japan
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Fujii R, Imai R, Shigetoh H, Tanaka S, Morioka S. Task-specific fear influences abnormal trunk motor coordination in workers with chronic low back pain: a relative phase angle analysis of object-lifting. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2022; 23:161. [PMID: 35180874 PMCID: PMC8857807 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-05118-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Pain-related fear influences impaired trunk movement (e.g., limited movement of range and velocity), but it is unclear how fear relates to trunk motor coordination (e.g., a more “in-phase” upper-lower trunk motion pattern). We conducted the present study to: (1) identify the motor coordination pattern of the in-phase upper-lower lumbar movements during the lifting, and (2) determine how pain-related fear is related to the trunk coordination pattern in workers with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Methods We examined 31 male workers with CLBP (CLBP group) and 20 healthy controls with no history of CLBP (HC group). The movement task was lifting a box, the weight of which was 10, 30%, or 50% of the subject’s body weight. We used a 3D motion capture system to calculate the mean absolute relative phase angle (MARP) angle as an index of coordination and the mean deviation phase (DP) as an index of variability. We used a numerical rating scale to assess the subjects’ task-specific fear. Results The MARP angle during trunk extension movement in the 50% condition was significantly decreased in the CLBP group compared to the HCs; i.e., the upper lumbar movement was more in-phase with the lower lumbar movement. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis results demonstrated that a decreased MARP angle was associated with high task-specific fear. Conclusions A more ‘in-phase’ upper-lower lumbar movement pattern was predicted by task-specific fear evoked when performing a work-related activity. Our findings suggest that an intervention for task-specific fear may be necessary to improve an individual’s impaired trunk motor coordination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ren Fujii
- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara, 635-0832, Japan. .,Department of Rehabilitation, Medical Corporation Tanakakai, Musashigaoka Hospital, 7-15-1 Kusunoki, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto, 861-8003, Japan.
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- School of Rehabilitation Osaka Kawasaki Rehabilitation University, 158 Mizuma, Kaizuka-shi, Osaka, 597-0104, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyoto Tachibana University, 34 Ooyakeyamada, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 607-8175, Japan.,Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara, 635-0832, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Corporation Tanakakai, Musashigaoka Hospital, 7-15-1 Kusunoki, Kita-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto, 861-8003, Japan
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation, Graduate School of Health Science, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara, 635-0832, Japan.,Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara, 635-0832, Japan
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