Active self-correction of spinal posture in pain-free women in response to the command “straighten your back”

Barczyk-Pawelec, Katarzyna; Sipko, Tomasz

doi:10.1080/03630242.2016.1243605

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“…Body posture assessment in all patients was performed with a device for computer analysis of the shape of anterior-posterior curvatures of the spine and trunk asymmetry using the photogrammetric method and a fourth-generation moiré apparatus (CQ Elektronik System, Wroclaw, Poland) that maps the anteroposterior spine curvature (Porto et al, 2010;Barczyk-Pawelec & Sipko, 2017) (Fig. 2).…”

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Habitual and ready positions in female table tennis players and their relation to the prevalence of back pain

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Barczyk-Pawelec

2020

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Background The current body of knowledge shows that there is very little research into the occurrence and scale of asymmetry or postural defects in table tennis. It is interesting which regions of the spine are exposed to the greatest changes in the shape of its curvatures and whether the asymmetrical position of the shoulder and pelvic girdles in table tennis players changes when adopting the ready position. Consequently, can overload occur in certain parts of the spine and can the asymmetry deepen as a response of adopting this position? The reply to these questions may be an indication of the need for appropriate compensatory or corrective measures. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of body position during play on the change in the shape of anterior–posterior spinal curvatures and trunk asymmetry in table tennis players. Methods To evaluate body posture the photogrammetric method based on the Moiré phenomenon with equipment by CQ electronic was applied. The study involved 22 female players practicing competitive table tennis (the age of 17 ± 4.5, with the average training experience of 7 ± 4.3 years, body mass of 47.8 ± 15.8, and body height of 161.2 ± 10.4). Each participant completed an author’s own questionnaire on spinal pain. The shape of curvatures in the sagittal and frontal plane was evaluated in the participant in the habitual standing position and in the table tennis ready position. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed and the significance of differences was tested using the Mann–Whitney U test. Results and Conclusions This study demonstrated the dominance of kyphotic body posture in table tennis players, which can be caused by many hours of using the ready position during playing. After adopting this position, there are significant differences in the angles of anterior and posterior spinal curvatures compared to the habitual posture. This may be the cause of overloads and pain complaints reported by the study participants. Adopting the ready position is also associated with an increase in asymmetry in the position (rotation) of the pelvis and spinous processes (frontal plane). Therefore, training programs should be extended with exercises that relieve the spine in the vertical line and exercises that improve symmetry of the work of the upper limbs, body trunk muscles and the pelvis.

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Habitual and ready positions in female table tennis players and their relation to the prevalence of back pain

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“…Previous studies examining the sagittal spine profile have not assessed SSL. They have assessed physiotherapists agreement on "best sitting posture" 19) as well as photographic postural response of children 20) and women 21) to the command "stand up straight". These studies examined outcomes based on the magnitude (degree) of the sagittal curves which are highly variable and not the more robust direction of the sagittal curves.…”

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“…We established that 58% of our sample population was unable to demonstrate lumbar lordosis literacy. Considering that women and children have been observed to extend their thoracic spines to the verbal command "stand up straight" 20,21) older adults may similarly and erroneously adopt this action instead of extending their lumbar spines. Therefore, since conservative treatment programs incorporating education and exercise are more beneficial than exercise alone 24) we suggest that SSL education focusing on the lumbar lordosis can be considered for inclusion into management strategies for the treatment and prevention of sagittal plane deformity and related back pain in ageing patients communities.…”

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Sagittal spine shape literacy in the general adult population, assessed by a novel, simple graphical tool

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The sagittal shape of the spine is associated with back-pain, balance and quality of life. We developed, evaluated and report the responses of a graphical tool to assess sagittal spine shape knowledge (literacy).[Participants and Methods] Two hundred and fifty adults were randomly assigned, in a cross-sectional crossover study, to free-hand draw and select the "ideal" sagittal spine shape. We evaluated the inter and intra-rater reliability and agreement between tests and the sagittal and lordotic spine literacy between the drawing and selection test versions.[Results] Drawing test inter-and intra-rater agreement was 79% and 80% respectively. Drawing vs. selection agreement was 43%. More participants drew than selected the correct spine (30% vs. 21%) (p<0.001) and lumbar lordosis shape (56% vs. 42%) (p<0.001). Test order did not affect spine shape literacy scores. A significantly poorer literacy trend was observed with spine pain presence (p=0.02). [Conclusion] We developed a reliable method to evaluate spine shape literacy and established that only 21% and 42% of our sample demonstrated correct sagittal spine and lordotic spine shape literacy, respectively. The low literacy scores suggests that consideration of including spine shape literacy in health literacy and self-management programs may be warranted, especially in ageing populations.

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Manuscript to be reviewed and posterior spinal curvatures compared to the habitual posture. This may be the cause of overloads and pain complaints reported by the study participants. Adopting the ready position is also associated with an increase in asymmetry in the position (rotation) of the pelvis and spinous processes (frontal plane). Therefore, training programs should be extended with exercises that relieve the spine in the vertical line and exercises that improve symmetry of the work of the upper limbs, body trunk muscles and the pelvis.

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Active self-correction of spinal posture in pain-free women in response to the command “straighten your back”

Cited by 12 publications

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Habitual and ready positions in female table tennis players and their relation to the prevalence of back pain

Habitual and ready positions in female table tennis players and their relation to the prevalence of back pain

Sagittal spine shape literacy in the general adult population, assessed by a novel, simple graphical tool

Peer Review #1 of "Habitual and ready positions in female table tennis players and their relation to the prevalence of back pain (v0.1)"

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