Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umberto I University Hospital, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Department of Mechanic, Politecnico di Milano, 20124 Milan, Italy.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Jan 18;20(2):531. doi: 10.3390/s20020531.
Lower back pain is an extremely common health problem and globally causes more disability than any other condition. Among other rehabilitation approaches, back schools are interventions comprising both an educational component and exercises. Normally, the main outcome evaluated is pain reduction. The aim of this study was to evaluate not only the efficacy of back school therapy in reducing pain, but also the functional improvement. Patients with lower back pain were clinically and functionally evaluated; in particular, the timed "up and go" test with inertial movement sensor was studied before and after back school therapy. Forty-four patients completed the program, and the results showed not only a reduction of pain, but also an improvement in several parameters of the timed up and go test, especially in temporal parameters (namely duration and velocity). The application of the inertial sensor measurement in evaluating functional aspects seems to be useful and promising in assessing the aspects that are not strictly correlated to the specific pathology, as well as in rehabilitation management.
下背痛是一种极其常见的健康问题，在全球范围内造成的残疾比其他任何疾病都多。在其他康复方法中，腰背学校是一种干预措施，包括教育部分和锻炼。通常，主要评估的结果是疼痛减轻。本研究的目的不仅是评估腰背学校疗法在减轻疼痛方面的疗效，而且是评估其功能改善。对下背痛患者进行了临床和功能评估；特别是，在腰背学校治疗前后使用惯性运动传感器研究了定时“站起来走”测试。44 名患者完成了该方案，结果不仅显示疼痛减轻，而且定时“站起来走”测试的几个参数也得到改善，特别是时间参数（即持续时间和速度）。惯性传感器测量在评估功能方面的应用似乎是有用和有前途的，可用于评估与特定病理无关的方面，以及在康复管理中。
