Low Back Pain, Movement, and Posture. How do They Relate?

This thesis investigated how movement, posture, and psychological factors change as people with back pain improve. Contrary to existing literature, we found that movement and posture changes were frequently related to pain and activity limitation changes, when research methods accommodated which mov...

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Main Author: Wernli, Kevin
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86911
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description This thesis investigated how movement, posture, and psychological factors change as people with back pain improve. Contrary to existing literature, we found that movement and posture changes were frequently related to pain and activity limitation changes, when research methods accommodated which movement or postures were clinically relevant for each person. Also, contrary to common beliefs, movement and posture consistently became less protective when related to improvement, with changes in psychological factors playing an important role.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-869112024-01-08T05:53:21Z Low Back Pain, Movement, and Posture. How do They Relate? Wernli, Kevin This thesis investigated how movement, posture, and psychological factors change as people with back pain improve. Contrary to existing literature, we found that movement and posture changes were frequently related to pain and activity limitation changes, when research methods accommodated which movement or postures were clinically relevant for each person. Also, contrary to common beliefs, movement and posture consistently became less protective when related to improvement, with changes in psychological factors playing an important role. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86911 Curtin University fulltext
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Low Back Pain, Movement, and Posture. How do They Relate?
title Low Back Pain, Movement, and Posture. How do They Relate?
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title_full_unstemmed Low Back Pain, Movement, and Posture. How do They Relate?
title_short Low Back Pain, Movement, and Posture. How do They Relate?
title_sort low back pain, movement, and posture. how do they relate?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86911