Sensory Organization and Postural Control Strategies During Quiet Standing in healthy and acute low back pain patients

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Document Type : RESEARCH PAPER

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1 Physiotherapy

2 Department of physiotherapy, school of rehabilitation sciences, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Esfand Avenue, Golestan Street

10.22038/abjs.2025.85252.3885

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare posturographic measures between acute low back pain patients (LBP) and healthy controls.

Methods: 20 participants with acute LBP were compared with a group of matched, healthy participants. Standing balance, sensory organization, and motor control strategies were assessed with the Neurocom Smart Balance Master posturography platform.

Results: The MANOVA results revealed a significant between-group differences for equilibrium (F= 5.58, p < 0.001) and strategy scores (F= 3.98, p = 0.006) of six conditions of the sensory organization test. The equilibrium score of all conditions except in conditions 1 and 2 was significantly lower in people with acute LBP than in controls (P<0.001). The strategy scores were significantly lower in all the conditions except in condition one in the acute LBP group in comparison with the control group (P<0.05). Visual and vestibular ratios were significantly different in the acute LBP group than the control group (P<0.05) but somatosensory ratios were not significant between the two groups (P=0.07).

Conclusion: People with acute LBP had more postural sways compared to healthy subjects in all conditions of the sensory organization test except in conditions 1 and 2. Also, they had a different postural strategy than those without LBP excessively when sensory difficulty increased.

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The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 19 November 2025

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  • Receive Date: 16 April 2025
  • Revise Date: 27 August 2025
  • Accept Date: 30 August 2025

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