Pattern of Performance in Workers with Low Back Pain During a Comprehensive Motor Performance Evaluation

Menard, Michael R.; Cooke, Christopher; Locke, Shelagh R.; Beach, Gregg N.; Butler, Thor B.

doi:10.1097/00007632-199406000-00009

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“…Our results support those of other studies relating dynamometric testing to personality and behavioral factors as assessed by self-efficacy questionnaires, Waddell scores, Coopersmith self-esteem scores, and the Million index [4,7,11,16].…”

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The relationship of disability (Oswestry) and pain drawings to functional testing

Ohnmeiss

Vanharanta

Estlander³

et al. 2000

European Spine Journal

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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The relationship of disability (Oswestry) and pain drawings to functional testing

Ohnmeiss

Vanharanta

Estlander³

et al. 2000

European Spine Journal

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“…Therefore, results can be influenced by several individual confounding factors such as motivation, pain tolerance, competitiveness (Mannion & Dolan, 1994); furthermore pain on exertion, anticipation or fear of pain and reflex inhibition of motor activation can be additional factors resulting in 152 inability or unwillingness to produce a truly maximal effort in patients with LBP (Menard et al, 1994;Vlaeyen et al, 1995;Crombez et al, 1996;Keller et al, 1999;Rashiq et al, 2003;Rainville et al, 2004;Al-Obaidi et al, 2005;Ropponen et al, 2005;Verbunt et al, 2005;Thomas et al, 2008;Huijnen et al, 2010). These individual factors might explain the absence or low correlations found in some studies between morphologic variables and performance (Parkkola et al, 1993;Gibbons et al, 1997a).…”

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Muscular Performance Assessment of Trunk Extensors: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature

Demoulin¹,

Grosdent²,

Smeets³

et al. 2012

Low Back Pain

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“…However, the assumption that lumbar dynamometry provides objective and unbiased measures that can quantify functional capacity is now being challenged. Menard et al (1994), for example, found a difference in the pattern of dynamometry in two groups of LBP patients who differed only in the propensity of abnormal illness behavior (as indicated by the Waddell score). Lee et al (1995) found a generalized strength reduction (of both trunk and knee muscles) in chronic low back patients as compared to healthy controls, with signi®cant correlations between trunk and knee strength in both groups.…”

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“…Lee et al (1995) found a generalized strength reduction (of both trunk and knee muscles) in chronic low back patients as compared to healthy controls, with signi®cant correlations between trunk and knee strength in both groups. Both Menard et al (1994) and Lee et al (1995) proposed that fear of pain or (re)injury might be one of the possible explanations. Unfortunately, they did not include a measure of painrelated fear.…”

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Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a state of the art

Vlaeyen

Linton

2000

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In an attempt to explain how and why some individuals with musculoskeletal pain develop a chronic pain syndrome, Lethem et al. (Lethem J, Slade PD, Troup JDG, Bentley G. Outline of a fear-avoidance model of exaggerated pain perceptions. Behav Res Ther 1983;21:401±408) introduced a so-called`fear-avoidance' model. The central concept of their model is fear of pain.`Confrontation' and`avoidance' are postulated as the two extreme responses to this fear, of which the former leads to the reduction of fear over time. The latter, however, leads to the maintenance or exacerbation of fear, possibly generating a phobic state. In the last decade, an increasing number of investigations have corroborated and re®ned the fear-avoidance model. The aim of this paper is to review the existing evidence for the mediating role of painrelated fear, and its immediate and long-term consequences in the initiation and maintenance of chronic pain disability. We ®rst highlight possible precursors of pain-related fear including the role negative appraisal of internal and external stimuli, negative affectivity and anxiety sensitivity may play. Subsequently, a number of fear-related processes will be discussed including escape and avoidance behaviors resulting in poor behavioral performance, hypervigilance to internal and external illness information, muscular reactivity, and physical disuse in terms of deconditioning and guarded movement. We also review the available assessment methods for the quanti®cation of pain-related fear and avoidance. Finally, we discuss the implications of the recent ®ndings for the prevention and treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Although there are still a number of unresolved issues which merit future research attention, pain-related fear and avoidance appear to be an essential feature of the development of a chronic problem for a substantial number of patients with musculoskeletal pain. q

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Pattern of Performance in Workers with Low Back Pain During a Comprehensive Motor Performance Evaluation

Cited by 38 publications

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The relationship of disability (Oswestry) and pain drawings to functional testing

The relationship of disability (Oswestry) and pain drawings to functional testing

Muscular Performance Assessment of Trunk Extensors: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature

Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a state of the art

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