Koppenhaver 2011: Study
TrA, IO, and LM muscles thickness assessed @ L4-5/L5-S1 using US imaging of muscles at rest and during submaximal contraction on day 1, 3, 4, and 1 week
Koppenhaver 2011: Results
contracted TrA and IO mm thickness decreased immediately after 1 SMT but were not significantly diff. from baseline after 3-4 days or @ 1 week
Conversely, LM mm thickness sig. increased @ 3 to 4 days immediately after 2 SMTs, but no diff. found after 1 SMT or at 1 week follow up
Koppenhaver 2011: results continued
changes in both TrA and IO thickness following SMT were transient/unrelated to whether pts experienced improved disability or not.
Only statistically sig. interaction occurred from baseline to 3-4 days immediately after 2 SMT in the LM @ L5-S1
Koppenhaver 2011: Conclusion
the change in contracted LM thickness @ 1 week only explained 7% of the variance in ODI scores.
Hancock 2007: SR of tests to identify disc, SIJ, or Facet joint as source of LBP
aim to determine diagnostic accuracy of tests available to clinicians to identify disc, ZJ, or SIJ as the source of LBP
+LR >2 or -LR <0.5 considered informative
Hancock 2007: studies included
41 total studies: 28 for disc, 8 for facet joint, 7 for SIJ
Hancock 2007: Background
The prevalence of these structures as source of LBP:
Hancock 2007: Appropriate Reference Test
Discography for discogenic pain (min 2 levels tested)
Intra-Articular Local Anesthetic Block for SIJ pain
Intra-Articular or medial branch blocks for Facet
Hancock 2007: discogenic results
3 features on MRI:
- High intensity zone
- Endplate Changes
- Disc Degeneration
Produced an informative +LR>2 in the majority of studies increasing probability of the disc as source of LBP
Centralization only clinical feature found to increase the likelihood as disc source of pain +LR 2.8
Hancock 2007: Results 2
absence of disc degeneration on mRI was only test found to reduce likelihood of the discs as source of pain -LR = .21
-5x more likely to NOT have a disc as source of LBP
Hancock FJ results 2007
none of individual tests that make up Revel’s criteria for facet joint pain were found to have informative +LRs
Hancock 2007: SIJ results
while using single PP SIJ tests were uninformative, when used in multi-test regimen was informative with +LR of 3.2 and -LR of .29
Lim 2011: Purpose
to compare pain and disability in individuals with persistent NS-LBP who were treated with Pilates exercises compared to min or other interventions
Lim 2011: # of RCTs and focus
7 RCTs investigating
Lim 2011 results
Hancock 2008: independent eval of Childs CPR - Methods
Each of 239 pts status on Childs CPR was determined using 5 criteria baseline:
Hancock 2008: SMT vs Non Thrust Mobs
97% of subjects who got SMT actually got non-thrust mobs and 5% got SMT
Hancock 2008 Results
Hancock 2008 considerations
Loss to follow up only 2%, but was 30% in Childs
Even using 5/5 items in the CPR still remained statistically non-significant for all outcomes
Cleland 2009: validation of CPR using lat recumbent manip and supine lumbopelvic manip
Mean duration of symptoms = 50 days
Cleland 2009: Methods
Cleland 2009 exercises included in study
Cleland 2009 Results
Hayes 1989: Dx of LSI
found that 42% of asymptomatic subjects had at least 1 segment exceeding the instability thresholds on flexion/extension radiographs of lumbar spine