Development of a new low back pain prevention and improvement program focusing on hip motor control for the older adult

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K24181
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0908:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
• Research Institution: Hokuriku University (2021); Kyoto Tachibana University (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: Miyachi Ryo 北陸大学, 医療保健学部, 助教 (50847001)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 腰痛 / 腰部運動 / 高齢者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the relationship between spinal alignment and hip / lumbar motor control in healthy elderly individuals. The results showed that there was no relationship between spinal alignment and hip / lumbar motor control ability in the elderly．In addition, we examined the relationship between hip / lumbar motion and low back pain and activity limitation due to low back pain in individuals with nonspecific low back pain. The results showed that there was no relationship between hip / lumbar motion and low back pain, but there was a relationship between hip / lumbar motion and activity limitation due to low back pain.Furthermore, we examined the relationship between the results of tests of hip / lumbar motor control in healthy elderly individuals. We found that the relationship between the results of hip / lumbar motor control tests differed depending on the direction of motion.

Free Research Field

運動器理学療法学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

高齢者において姿勢評価のような静的な評価と運動テストのような動的な評価は必ずしも関連するわけではない．そのため，本結果はいくつかの評価を組み合わせて総合的に評価する必要があり，多面的な評価を行う根拠となる．また，腰椎・股関節の運動制御能力は腰痛による活動制限との関連があるが，運動制御の評価には目的とする運動方向を評価できる運動テストを選択する必要がある．これらの研究成果は，腰痛を持つ高齢者に対する評価を選択するための判断材料となり，腰痛解決に貢献するものである．