Diagnosis and classification of chronic low back pain disorders: maladaptive movement and motor control impairments as underlying mechanism

O’Sullivan, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.math.2005.07.001

Diagnosis and classification of chronic low back pain disorders: maladaptive movement and motor control impairments as underlying mechanism

Low back pain (LBP) is a very common but largely self-limiting condition. The problem arises however, when LBP disorders do not resolve beyond normal expected tissue healing time and become chronic. Eighty five percent of chronic low back pain (CLBP) disorders have no known diagnosis leading to a…