IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v19y2022i15p9378-d876911.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Prevalence of Lumbar Segmental Instability in Young Individuals with the Different Types of Lumbar Disc Herniation—Preliminary Report

Author

Listed:
  • Tomasz Kuligowski

    (Faculty of Physiotherapy, University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland)

Abstract

Lumbar segmental instability (LSI) can cause pain and disability, and its background can be related to lumbar disc herniation (LDH). This retrospective study was conducted to analyze the prevalence of lumbar segmental instability (LSI) in young patients with different types of lumbar disc herniation (LDH). The study evaluated 133 individuals (18–25 years old) who suffered from LDH and underwent MRI and flexion-extension X-rays. Two groups were created: protrusion (PRO) and extrusion (EXT). LSI was scored positive when translatory motion was greater than 4 mm anteriorly or 2 mm posteriorly at the level of herniation. Statistica 13 was used to perform statistics. The LSI overall prevalence was 18.33% in PRO and 21.92% in EXT ( p > 0.05). Out of all LSI positives, higher LSI incidence was observed in females compared to males; in PRO: 63.64%; in EXT: 68.75% ( p > 0.05). LSI correlated positively with the passive lumbar extension test (PLE) (R = 0.32; p = 0.01) in the PRO group only. In summary, the results showed that the overall incidence of LSI was higher with severer disc damage. In addition, females were more prone to this pathology. However, the different types of LDH do not significantly affect the prevalence of LSI in young individuals.

Suggested Citation

  • Tomasz Kuligowski, 2022. "Prevalence of Lumbar Segmental Instability in Young Individuals with the Different Types of Lumbar Disc Herniation—Preliminary Report," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-9, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:15:p:9378-:d:876911
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/9378/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/9378/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Rungthip Puntumetakul & Pongsatorn Saiklang & Weerasak Tapanya & Thiwaphon Chatprem & Jaturat Kanpittaya & Preeda Arayawichanon & Rose Boucaut, 2021. "The Effects of Core Stabilization Exercise with the Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver Technique versus General Strengthening Exercise on Lumbar Segmental Motion in Patients with Clinical Lumbar Instabilit," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-17, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Pongsatorn Saiklang & Rungthip Puntumetakul & Thiwaphon Chatprem, 2022. "The Effect of Core Stabilization Exercise with the Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver Technique on Stature Change during Prolonged Sitting in Sedentary Workers with Chronic Low Back Pain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-15, February.
    2. Arisa Leungbootnak & Rungthip Puntumetakul & Jaturat Kanpittaya & Thiwaphon Chatprem & Rose Boucaut, 2021. "Validity of a Screening Tool for Patients with a Sub-Threshold Level of Lumbar Instability: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-10, November.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:15:p:9378-:d:876911. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.