Open AccessReliability and Validity of Standing Back Extension Test for Detecting Motor Control Impairment in Subjects with Low Back Pain
Author(s) -
Gauri A Gondhalekar,
Senthil P Kumar,
Charu Eapen,
Ajit Mahale
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/14987.7142
Subject(s) - kappa , low back pain , physical therapy , medicine , reliability (semiconductor) , receiver operating characteristic , physical medicine and rehabilitation , test (biology) , back muscles , back pain , cohen's kappa , lumbar , surgery , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , alternative medicine , geometry , pathology , quantum mechanics , biology
Low back pain is a chronic health problem with high socioeconomic impact. Specific diagnosis or treatment approach has not yet effectively established to treat chronic low back pain. Standing Back Extension Test is one of the clinical measures to detect the passive extension subgroup of Motor Control Impairment (MCI); which could have an impact on spinal stability leading to recurrent chronic low back pain. Reliability and validity of this test is not fully established.