Question: Do patients with chronic low back pain have proprioceptive deficits in their lumbar spine?
Answer: Research has discovered that injuries to peripheral joints have resulted in proprioceptive deficits. As proprioception is a complex function, it is difficult to measure accurately but research suggests this is also true in the lumbar spine. This study examines two aspects of proprioception; the removal of vision to increase joint awareness and repositioning error....(short extract)
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- Subject: Medicine
- Course: Medicine
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 74%
- Words: 3597
- Date submitted: September 01, 2007
- Date written: April, 2005
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2437
