title: Comparison of trunk proprioception between patients with low back pain and healthy controls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether proprioceptive impairments exist in patients with low back pain (LBP). We hypothesized that patients with LBP would exhibit larger trunk proprioception errors than healthy controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case-control study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  24 patients with nonspecific LBP and 24 age-matched healthy controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  We measured trunk proprioception in all 3 anatomical planes using motion perception threshold, active repositioning, and passive repositioning tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  LBP patients had significantly greater motion perception threshold than controls (P<.001) (1.3+/-0.9 degrees vs 0.8+/-0.6 degrees ). Furthermore, all subjects had the largest motion perception threshold in the transverse plane (P<.001) (1.2+/-0.7 degrees vs 1.0+/-0.8 degrees for all other planes averaged). There was no significant difference between LBP and healthy control groups in the repositioning tasks. Errors in the active repositioning test were significantly smaller than in the passive repositioning test (P=.032) (1.9+/-1.2 degrees vs 2.3+/-1.4 degrees ).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that impairments in proprioception may be detected in patients with LBP when assessed with a motion perception threshold measure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Osteopathic Surgical Specialties, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Angela S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cholewicki
authors.forename: N Peter
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Bohdanna T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Zazulak
authors.forename: Lawrence W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Mysliwiec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D011434:Proprioception; D012684:Sensory Thresholds
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