The delayed muscle reflex response significantly increases the odds of sustaining an LBI. These delayed latencies appear to be a preexisting risk factor and not the effect of an LBI.

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Background: Impaired proprioception in the lumbar spine has often been reported in people with low back pain. However, no prospective studies exist to assert the cause and effect of this association. We hypothesized that athletes with a history of low back injury (LBI) would demonstrate poorer lumbar position sense (PS) than athletes without a history of LBI, and that this deficit would be a risk factor for future LBI.

The purpose of this study was to quantify lumbo-pelvic control differences between patients with mechanical low back pain (MLBP) and asymptomatic controls using a dynamical systems approach to data reduction and interpretations. Subjects were 30 patients with chronic MLBP (age: 41.1 ± 8.9 years, body mass index: 26.2 ± 5.2 kg/m 2 ) and 35 asymptomatic controls (age: 38.8 ± 9.2 years, body mass index: 25.3 ± 4.8 kg/m 2 ). Kinematic data were collected from the femur, pelvis and lumbar spine during repeated trials of bilateral forward reaching under two loading conditions. Sagittal plane angular motion was filtered and time normalized. Continuous relative phases were then calculated for each data point. Mean absolute relative phase (MARP) and deviation phase (DP) parameters were derived to quantify intersegmental coordination and pattern variability. Mixed-model ANOVAs revealed that lumbo-pelvic coordination was more separated in time and more variable in the chronic MLBP group during this task. Trunk neuromuscular control was thus altered in our MLBP group. Unresolved extensor muscle dysfunction is suggested by a) preliminary analysis of phase plane trajectories, b) subjects' greater difficulty controlling aspects of the task that required the extensors to contribute to trunk stability and primary movement control.

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