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KMID : 0608320090160020031
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Physical Therapy Korea
2009 Volume.16 No. 2 p.31 ~ p.40
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The Effect of Sitting Postures on Spinal Pelvic Curvature and Trunk Muscle Activation in Low Back Pain
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Choi Moon-Seok
Chung Yi-Jung
Jeon Hye-Won
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Abstract
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This study is performed to investigate the difference of the spinal stability system with and without low back pain. There were 9 participants with low back pain and 9 asymptomatic subjects to be recruited, they were measured thoracic and lumbar curvature, trunk muscle activation in upright sitting postures and slump sitting, back muscle endurance, and lumbar proprioception. Spinal curvature and surface electromyography of 4 trunk muscles were measured in an upright sitting postures and slump sitting in 18 subjects. The result of the study was that there were significant differences between the groups in spinal curvature (p<.05), significantly higher external oblique activity and less internal oblique in the low back pain group than the healthy subjects (p<.05), and significantly less proprioception in the low back pain group (p<.05). But there was not a significant difference between the trunk muscle endurance groups. According to the result, the low back pain group had greater thoracic extension and higher global muscle activity in the upright sitting posture and less proprioception. This study was useful to suggest postural training for normal muscle activation, selective muscle strengthening to prevent chronic deterioration, and helpful in making a treatment plan to indicate a synthetic care method that includes increasing proprioception.
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KEYWORD
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Endurance, Proprioception, Spinal curvature, Trunk muscles
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