• J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Sep 2015

    Neuromechanical responses after biofeedback training in participants with chronic low back pain: an experimental cohort study.

    • Isabelle Pagé, Andrée-Anne Marchand, François Nougarou, Julie O'Shaughnessy, and Martin Descarreaux.
    • Doctoral Student, Département d'Anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
    • J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2015 Sep 1; 38 (7): 449-57.

    ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate changes in neuromechanical responses and clinical outcomes in chronic low back pain participants after 4 sessions of biofeedback training.MethodsTwenty-one participants took part in an electromyography biofeedback 4-session training program aimed at reducing lumbar paraspinal muscle activity during full trunk flexion. The sessions consisted of ~46 trunk flexion-extension divided into 5 blocks. The effects of training blocks and sessions on lumbar flexion-relaxation ratio and lumbopelvic ranges of motion were assessed. Changes in disability (Oswestry Disability Index), pain intensity (numerical rating scale), and fear of movement (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia) were also evaluated.ResultsAnalyses of variance revealed a significant block effect for which an increase in the flexion-relaxation ratio and the lumbar range of motion between block 1 and the other blocks for sessions 1 and 2 (P < .0001) was observed. However, no significant session or interaction effect was observed. Among clinical outcomes, only fear of movement significantly decreased between the baseline (mean [SD], 33.05 [7.18]) and the fourth session (29.80 [9.88]) (P = .02). There was no significant correlation between clinical outcomes and neuromechanical variables.ConclusionBiofeedback training led to decreases in lumbar paraspinal muscle activity in full trunk flexion and increases in lumbopelvic range of motion in participants with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Although the neuromechanical changes were mostly observed at the early stage of the program, the presence of a decrease in the fear of movement suggests that the participants' initially limited ROMs may have been modulated by fear avoidance behaviors.Copyright © 2015 National University of Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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