Recognising left and right trunk movements in people with low back pain: the effect of image-type on performance

Purpose: The use of left/right judgment tasks (LRJTs) to help manage chronic pain conditions has become increasingly widespread within physiotherapy during the past decade. Their use is based on the established finding that hand-based LRJTs elicit motor imagery (MI). The development of trunk-based LRJTs for use in the management of low back pain (LBP) has however resulted in inconsistent clinical findings. Furthermore, recent research in pain-free individuals strongly suggests that trunk-based LRJTs do not elicit motor imagery of lateralised trunk movements, the basis for their use in therapy.
Source: Physiotherapy - Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Tags: P190 Source Type: research