The aim of this study is to assess the dynamic proprioceptive control performance in a Thai population.
Twenty-two healthy Thai individuals and six Thai patients with LBP provided their informed consent and performed the 5xSTSTS as fast as possible, but in a controlled way. The total duration to perform five successive STSTS movements was used as the main outcome measure. The unpaired t-test was used to calculate group differences in performance. All data are presented as means ± standard deviations. The level of statistical significance was set at P 0.05.
The overall mean duration of the 5xSTSTS was 11.2 ± 3.0 s. The patients with LBP performed the task significantly slower (16.0 ± 2.4 s) compared to the healthy subjects (9.9 ± 1.4 s) (P 0.001).
Thai individuals with LBP seem to have decreased dynamic proprioceptive control compared to healthy Thai individuals reflected by slower performance of the 5xSTSTS task. These results are comparable to their Belgian/ Western counterparts and warrant further validation in larger samples and by comparing the 5xSTSTS performance with their actual proprioceptive control strategy.
The simple and cost-effective 5xSTSTS task may be used to assess the dynamic proprioceptive control performance of people in low- and middle-income countries and may help in selecting an effective treatment for LBP.
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postural control
proprioception
