Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient
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Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient
Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Evaluation and Rx Models in Orthopedic Manual Therapy Spinal Stabilization Training for the Lumbar and Lower Quarter Patient Biomechanical Neurophysiological Biochemical Psychological Alec Kay PT, DMT, OCS, ATC, FAAOMPT Jim Rivard PT, MOMT, OCS, FAAOMPT The Ola Grimsby Institute www.olagrimsby.com OGI OGI Overlapping of Models The Manual Therapy Lesion 1. Collagen Trauma 2. Receptor Damage Psychological Biomechanics 3. Reduced Muscle Fiber Recruitment 4. Tonic Fiber Atrophy Biochemical 5. Reduced Anti-Gravity Stability 6. Motion Around Nonphysiological Axis 7. Trauma/Acute Locking Neurophysiological OGI 1. Collagen Trauma OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 8. Pain/Guarding OGI 2. Receptor Damage OGI 1 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient 3. Reduced Motor Recruitment OGI 5. Reduced Anti-Gravity Stability OGI 7.Trauma / Degeneration Acute Locking OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 4. Tonic Fiber Atrophy OGI 6. Motion Around a Non-Physiological Axis OGI 8. Pain/Guarding/FearAnxiety of Movement OGI 2 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient ”Neuromuscular Neutral Zones” Ball in the Bowl Inverted portion of “Toe” region to form hypothetical “bowl” Progression from Panjabi’s Mechanical Neutral Zones Neutral Zone • Eversull et al. (2001) defined “the lumbar displacement or tension below which muscles remain reflexively active”. Motion Instability or Represents “Toe” region of length tension of collagen Neutral Zone or Joint Play OGI Range of Motion Hypermobility • Displacements greater than 5% to 15% trigger activity in the LM that contribute to stability in the lumbar spine. or Pathology Panjabi, 1989; OGI Forum 1996 Ligamento-Muscular Reflex OGI Neuromuscular Neutral Zone Changes with Pathology The NNZ will be greater with collagen trauma or with cyclical loading of mechanoreceptors, creating a desensitization that might lead to a significant loss of stiffening of the lumbar spine from muscle contraction, leaving the spine unstable and unprotected. OGI (Eversull et. al 2001) Globalization of the Neuromuscular Neutral Zone Concept Apply the same concept to the lower limb in our example today. Consider the osteokinematics of the chain, rather than a small strand of collagen. OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 OGI (Solomonow et al. 1999) Targets for treatment of NNZ Changes with Anterior knee pain Local • Normalize mobility and recruitment in the lumbar spine. • Facilitate stability in the hips for patellafemoral joint. Global • Lumbo-pelvic movement patterns/ synergy. • Lower limb pronation; increased dynamic Q-angle. OGI 3 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Examples of Local Changes in Recruitment Knee Motor Inhibition •Knee Inhibition • Studies have highlighted reduced VMO/VL EMG activity ratios in individuals symptomatic for PFPS •Hip Inhibition •Multifidus Inhibition when compared with asymptomatic individuals (Souza and Gross 1991, Cemy 1995, Boucher et al. 1992, Miller et al. 1997, Sakai et al. 2000, Jan et al. 2009). • Delay in recruitment and reaction time •Transversus Abdominus (Van Tiggelen et al. 2009). • Dysfunction eccentrically (Owings et al. 2002). • Many studies to support and refute these findings. OGI OGI Hip ABD and ER Weakness Correlates well with Patella Femoral Pain Multifidus: Evidence of Atrophy • Unilateral, segmental atrophy found within 48 hours of acute onset of LBP: • Chichanowski 2007 • Tyler et. al, 2006 •Hides et al. (1994) • Brindle 2003 •Hides et al. (1996) • Ireland et. al, 2003 • Real Time Ultrasound found an average of 24% smaller multifidus on side of pain (n=41) • Powers 2003 • 34 patients had wasting at L5, L4 at S1, and 1 at L4 • Mascal et. al, 2003 OGI OGI 24% Loss of Volume Within 48 Hours Atrophy Pre or Post Injury? Rapid atrophy of the lumbar multifidus follows experimental disc or nerve root injury (Hodges et al. 2006). OGI (Hides et al. 1994) Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 OGI 4 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Atrophy is the Result of Injury/Collagen Trauma •3 groups of piggies •Disc injury •Medial branch dissection •Sham procedure •Unisegmental atrophy of LM immediately with disc injury •More distal segments affected with nerve injury •No change with sham group OGI Motor Control Issues • Hodges and Richardson (1996) looked at healthy and LBP individuals and feedforward activation of TrA with upper limb movement. • Significantly lower activity in patients. • Dysfunction of motor control may lead to decreased stability and segmental stiffening. • Possibly due to reflex inhibition from pain, effusion, ligament or capsule stretch, or possible CNS mechanisms as well. OGI Altered Motor Control with Training Fascicle Specialization Regions of the LM The Lumbar Multifidus is a an example of an individual muscle representing the osteo/arthrokinematic organization in all joints. EMG investigating deep vs. superficial fibers. OGI Motor Control Changes • O’Sullivan et al. (1997) confirmed with clinical test that CLBP patients with spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis had poorer ability to appropriately recruit their deeper abdominals. • Using surface EMG, the control group had significantly greater activity in their IO than their RA during the drawing in maneuver compared to patients. • Patients had poorer ability to selectively activate deep abdominals, “robbing them of needed segmental stability”. OGI Lower Quarter Instability • O’Sullivan et al. (1998) had 2 groups of patients with LBP: the control group did general activity and the experimental specific exercise group (SEG) • The SEG group had a significant increase (p=0.013) in IO activity during the drawing in maneuver compared to before intervention • The control subjects who performed curl-ups significantly increased the activity of the RA during the testing. • This shift in synergy might reflect a neurological change, altering the motor program for recruitment. • In a different study the same authors shows that the SEG had significantly decrease pain intensity and functional deficit scores. OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 (Moseley et al. 1994) • Internal rotation of femur • Hip: adduction, internal rotation, flexion • Knee: valgus moment or hyper-extension (Grelsamer et al. 2001) • Rearfoot: Pronated OGI 5 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Pattern Inhibition • Ankle to hip (Janda V 1986. Bullock-Saxton J et. al 1994) • Back to hip (Shum, Wong) • Back to knee (Hart et al, 2006) •Hip to back (Hossein, Segmental Inhibition •The Facilitated Segment •Segmental Sensitization •Hyper-Reactive Segment •Central Sensitization Nelson-Wong) OGI Segmental Inhibition OGI Segmental Inhibition • Korr (1947): Korr defined Facilitated Segment: Barriers having been lowered. Ascending and descending intersegmental neurons • Efferents are maintained on edge in a state of excitation: easily triggered into activity by relatively few additional impulses from any source. Sensoring endings in spinous process • Result of the sustained barrage of impulses into the segment of the cord with the lesion. Recording Electrodes • They are rendered and maintained hyperexcitable to all impulses that reach them regardless of the source. OGI Segmental Inhibition • There is a palpable change in tissue texture and a decrease in joint mobility. • A stimulus of the nervous system almost anywhere will result in increased electrical activity of the muscles serviced by nerve roots derived from a facilitated segment. • Rick Kring(OGI Extensive Literature Review) • Comparison of the classic literature on segmental facilitation and somatic dysfunction to modern basic science on central sensitization OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 • The Facilitated Segment (Korr 1947) Spinal Muscles OGI Biomechanical Model • Restore axis of motion • Normalize arthrokinematics (joint play) • Normalize osteokinematics (range of motion) OGI 6 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Local Mobilization Biomechanical: •Restore axis of motion (arthrokinematics) and range of motion (osteokinemtatics) through soft tissue work and joint mobilization/manipulation. Proximal Manipulation / Distal Effect: UQ • Upper limb sympathetic influence with cervical mobilization/ manipulation (Petersen et al. 1993; Vicenzino et al. 1994/1995/1998b; Chiu and Wright, 1996/1998; Sterling et al. 2001, McGuiness et al. 1997). Neurophysiological: • A single HVLAT to the right C5/6 zygapophyseal joint elicits • Immediate improvement in contraction of the transverse abdominus immediately following Ls manipulation (Gill et al. 2007). an immediate increase in resting EMG activity of the biceps • Lumbar HVLAT increasing postsynaptic facilitation of alpha motoneurons and/or corticomotoneurons innervating paraspinal muscles (Dishman et al. 2008). • Increased gluteus maximus strength with mobilization of anterior hip capsule (Yerys et al. 2002). (Dunning and Rushton 2009). OGI bilaterally, irrespective of whether or not cavitation occurs • Cervical manipulation reducing the inhibition of elbow flexors, improving motor performance (Suter and McMorland 2002). OGI Proximal Manipulation / Distal Effect: LQ Global Models • A single lumbopelvic joint manipulation has been shown to acutely increase quadriceps force output and activation (Suter et al. 1999 and 2000, Hillermann et al. 2006) in individuals with anterior knee pain. • Biomechanical Chain - “back bone connected to the pelvic bone - pelvic bone connected to the thigh bone - thigh bone connected leg bone….” • Lumbopelvic joint manipulation increased quadriceps force (3%) and activation (5%) immediately following intervention, but not present after 20 min. Participants free of knee pathology (Grindstaff et al. 2009). • Neuophysiological Models • Local “normalization” - inhibition and facilitation. • Segmental patterns of pain, motor dysfunction and sympathetics (Korr 1947). • C0/1 manipulation increasing hip ROM - as increase SLR, reduced hamstring tone (Pollard and Ward 1998). OGI • Central influences- feedforward, balance and motor pattern learning. OGI Treatment Plan Motor Learning Suggestions • Manual Techniques: Soft tissue work and mobilization and manipulation • Minimize cognative participation of patient • Exercise for normalization: address tissue repair, pain inhibition, edema reduction, joint mobilization, range of motion • Exercise for performance enhancement: coordination, motor learning, endurance, speed, strength and functional skill • Do not focus on specific muscles or movement • Minimize feedback • Provide external attention focus for instruction and feedback • Education OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 OGI 7 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Skill Acquisition Pay Attention • Long recognized that being too concerned with or paying attention to one’s movements can disrupt the performance of well-practiced skills (Bliss 1892–1893, Boder, • Two types of focus for motor skill learning: - Internal Attention Focused - External Attention Focused 1935). • Anecdotal evidence suggests expert performers do not concentrate on their movement pattern when performing a highly practiced skill, but perform the skill automatically (Gallwey 1982, Garfield and Bennett 1985). • May not be effective to instruct learners to be consciously aware of their body movements during the execution of a skill (Singer 1985/1988, Singer and Suwanthada 1986). OGI OGI It’s All About Me It’s Not All About Me • Internal attention focus: Attention is often focused internally on range of motion, flexibility, specific muscle recruitment, strength performance or endurance. OGI • External attention focus: focusing the learners’ attention on the effects of their movements or the effects on an apparatus or implement. OGI Negative Attention Focus External Attention Focus • Therapists may focus too much on training individual muscles, delaying acquisition of functional skills or patterns • Singer et al. (1993) demonstrated that “nonawareness” strategies produce more effective performance during acquisition of a new skill. • Focusing on a person's own body movement, can be detrimental to the performance of well-learned skill as well as learning new skills (McNevin et al. 2000). • Evidence for the notion that consciously directing attention to one’s movements (Baumeister 1984, Masters 1992), is detrimental for performance… • Whereas preventing learners from focusing on the details of their actions results in more effective performance and learning (Hardy et al. 1996, Maxwell et al. 2000, Singer et al. 1993). OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 • Nonawareness strategies instruct learners to perform a task without consciously attending to the movement pattern, while awareness strategies require the learner to consciously attend. • The emphasis is placed on the body's affect on the external environment not internally on the body itself. OGI 8 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Evidence for External Focus Coaching Styles • By inducing an ‘‘external’’ focus of attention the • Use externally focused instruction on the effects of the motor learning process is enhanced movement rather than internally on the movement itself. - External instruction in gait training with an assistive device would be to • Lower motor response time than internal focus move the walker further forward (external) as opposed to taking a longer step (internal). approaches, indicating a higher degree of - Instruction of terminal knee extension during gait would be to visualize automaticity. kicking a ball (external) as opposed to straightening the knee (internal). • Feedback should be externally focused • Reduced EMG with performance. • Improved performance of local muscle and athletic skill. OGI focus may be necessary. OGI Balance Training Balance Training • Riley measured postural sway, standing upright, eyes closed, touching a curtain very lightly with their fingertips. • Standing on stabilometer with finger tip touch hanging sheet • A curtain was used because it would not provide any mechanical support for posture. • Internal Focus: ‘‘Try to minimize movement of the index finger over the duration of the trial’’. • External Focus: ‘‘Try to minimize movement of the sheet over the duration of the trial’’. • Touching the curtain significantly reduced postural fluctuation, as compared with not touching it —but only when the participants were asked to minimize movements of the curtain (external attention). OGI (Riley et al. 1999) Distance of Attention (McNevin et al. 2003) Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 (McNevin et al. 2002) OGI Balance Training • Internal-focus group: focus on their feet (while looking straight ahead). • External-focus group 1: look straight ahead but focus on outside markers 26cm • External-focus group 2: look straight ahead but focus on center markers • Focus on the feet reduced the learning process • Distance between the action and its effect is critical factor OGI (Shea 1999). • Early in the rehabilitation process some level of internal • Participants balanced on a stabilometer, required to hold a tube horizontal with hands • Instructed to focus on either their hands (internal focus) or the tube (external focus). • External group was superior in keeping the tube horizontal OGI (Wulf et al. 2003) 9 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Specific Muscle Training • Performed biceps curl with a weight bar • Internal focus: curl while focusing on their arms • External focus: curl while focusing on movements of the bar (Vance et al. 2004) OGI Basketball Free Throw External Biceps Attention • Executed faster (greater angular velocity) - even though speed was not a goal of the prescribed task. • A 2nd experiment within the study controlled for speed • During the initial repetitions iEMG activity was lower with an external focus reflecting a greater economy in movement production • “Thus, it appears that the adoption of an external focus indeed results in the production of more economical movements than does the adoption of an internal focus”. OGI External Focus-Free Throw • Free throw accuracy was greater when participants adopted an external compared to internal focus. • Internal focus condition: “concentrate on the “snapping” motion of their wrist during the followthrough of the free throw shot.” • EMG activity of the biceps and triceps muscles was lower with an external relative to an internal focus. • External focus condition: “concentrate on the center of the rear of the basketball hoop.” OGI (Zachry et al. 2005) Volley Ball Serve to Target •Internal-focus feedback •External-focus feedback • Toss the ball high enough in front of the hitting arm. • Toss the ball straight up. • Snap your wrist while hitting the ball to produce a forward rotation of the ball. • Imagine holding a bowl in your hand and cupping the ball with it to produce a forward rotation of the ball. • Shortly before hitting the ball, shift your weight from the back leg to the front leg. • Shortly before hitting the ball, shift your weight toward the target. • Arch your back and accelerate first the shoulder, then the upper arm, the lower arm, and finally your hand. • Hit the ball as if using a whip, like a horseman driving horses. OGI (Wulf et al. 2002) Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 (Vance et al. 2004) OGI (Zachry et al. 2005) Criteria for Movement • Does the participant adopt the correct stance? • Does the participant show a sufficient backswing with a high elbow? • Does he or she begin the forward motion of the hitting arm by rotating the trunk forward? • Does he or she accelerate the lower arm until hitting the ball? • Is the weight shift recognizable? • Is the arch of the back released quickly and forcefully? • Is a hip flexion visible? • Is the ball being hit with the open hand and with a wrist snap so that it receives a forward rotation? OGI (Wulf et al. 2002) 10 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient 2nd Exp.: Soccer Kick Internal-focus feedback • Position your foot below the ball’s midline to lift the ball. • Position your bodyweight and the nonkicking foot behind the ball. • Lock your ankle down and use the instep to strike the ball. • Keep your knee bent as you swing your leg back, and straighten your knee before contact. • To strike the ball, the swing of the leg should be as long as possible. OGI Attention-Feedback-Retention External-focus feedback • Strike the ball below its midline to lift it; that is, kick underneath it. • Be behind the ball, not over it, and lean back. • Stroke the ball toward the target as if passing to another player. • Use a long-lever action like the swing of a golf club before contact with the ball. • To strike the ball, create a pendulum-like motion with as long a duration as possible. (Wulf et al. 2002) External Attention: Golfing Results for both experiments: • External focus superior results to internal focus. • Reduced feedback frequency was beneficial under internal-focus feedback conditions, whereas 100% and 33% feedback were equally effective with external-focus. • Retention: benefits not merely temporary but were also seen after 1-week with no-feedback. OGI External Attention: Tennis • Attention to external effects of their movements relative to other external cues to hit tennis balls at a target. • One group focusing on the ball coming toward them • The other group focusing on the ball leaving the racket (effect). • Effect group had more effective learning Golfers did better with accuracy when focusing on the head of the golf club (external focus) then when instructed to focus on the swing of their arms. OGI (Wulf et al. 1999) External Attention: Skiing • Teaching skiing using a ski machine • Internal focused group: instructed to focus on their feet and to exert a force with their right foot when the platform moved to the right. • External focused group: instructed to focus on the wheels under the platform and exert force on these wheels when the platform moved to the right. • The externally focused group performed best. OGI (Wulf et al. 1998) Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 (Wulf et al. 2002) OGI (Wulf et al. 2000) Coaching and Feedback • Learning is enhanced with the perception of self-control (Janelle et al. 1995 and 1997). • Learners should even be able to decide when and how frequently they want feedback. • If learning is taking place, less feedback should be required over time (Janelle 1997). • Constant feedback can be detrimental to the learning process (Winstein et al. 1990). • Reduce the amount/frequency of feedback (Wulf et al. 2002). OGI 11 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Secondary Force Moment Options Nothing New Under the Sun • Second line of resistance that targets a specific • Knott and Voss (1963): Movement is not a simple planar movements but combinations all 3 planes. muscle, fiber direction or muscle group. • Secondary line of resistance to facilitate secondary motor recruitment (plane) during a primary movement pattern. • Secondary resistance can be gravity, manual, free weight, elastic or pulley system. OGI • Dysfunction in more than one plane of motion. • Second resistance (manual) was applied to facilitate an additional plane of recruitment during the primary movement. • The transverse plane for rotational motion was identified as the most often implicated, and was first addressed in the manually resisted PNF approach. OGI Medical Exercise Therapy (MET) Squat with Bilateral Valgus Moment • Primary Movement: squatting for hip and knee extensors • Concepts used since the 1960’s • Extension pattern training with squat • Secondary force moment induced for hip abduction • Training to control knee valgus during squatting OGI “Do not let the band shorten during squat.” OGI Lat. Lunge: LQ Resistance Squat: Trunk Recruitment • Primary Movement: Hip, knee and back extensors • Primary: Open chain emphasis of hip bilateral abduction training “Lengthen the band as far as you can.” • Secondary Force Moment: valgus force at knee for recruitment of hip abductors, minor external rotators • Secondary Force Moment: horizontal resistance for recruitment of TrA and rotary components of multifidus • Secondary Force Movement: Placing band around forefoot facilitates hip external rotators of lunging hip (left hip pictured). OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 • What happens when force line changed from above or below? • What happens with dumbbells held ant. or lat.? OGI 12 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Lateral Walking: Horizontal Resistance with Resistance “Maintain handle directly in front of the body.” • Primary Movement: Lateral walking for right hip abductors on push off. • Primary Movement: anterior lunge for extension pattern. • Secondary Force Moment: horizontal force line held away from the trunk—recruitment of TrA, multifidus and right external rotators. • Bilateral hold for anterior and posterior rotary mm. OGI • Secondary Force Moment: transverse plane of resistance. • Unilateral: emphasis on anterior mm (right hand). • What happens if force is changed to the left hand? OGI Lateral Lunge with Horizontal Resistance “Keep the handle fixed at the naval.” Anterior Lunge: Lateral Force Moment • Primary Movement: left lateral lunge. • Secondary Force Moment: horizontal force moment facilitating anterior muscles in transverse plane. • What happens with handle on the left with lunge toward the right? OGI Lateral Lunge: Anterior Force Moment • Primary Movement: lateral lunge for left hip. • Secondary Force Moment: anterior force moment through opposite shoulder. “Don’t let the weight stack move.” OGI Right Step-Up: Diagonal Trunk Pattern Right Leg Balance: Upper Quarter Reaches • Primary Movement: balance training of the right lower extremity • Primary Movement: Right step-up for • Secondary Force Moment: horizontal force line through right hand. extension pattern. • Secondary Force Moment: Diagonal force moment from below. • Tri-planar motion “Lift the handle from above your shoulder.” • Facilitation of left side multifidi and left hip external rotators. through hip and trunk. OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 “Hold the handle still while reaching up/down.” • Increase stabilization of the hip and lumbar spine with rotary components in hip and lumbar spine. OGI 13 Lumbar Stabilization for the LQ Patient Hip External Rotation with Lumbar Extension Anterior Lunge with Sup./Post. Resistance • Primary Movement: • Primary Movement: weight bearing hip weight bearing hip external rotation. external rotation. • Secondary Force • Secondary Force Moment: gravity - for Moment: What muscles extension pattern of hip or planes of movement and lumbar spine. are occurring? OGI OGI Take Home Message • Find your language or external attention focus instruction and emphasis. • If not already doing so, expand treatment model for the biomechanical chain and the myokinematic chain. • Incorporate spinal manipulation for motor facilitation, even with extremity diagnoses. • Try secondary force moments with current exercises you already are using. • Try changing secondary force moment with each set of an exercise to vary the neurological challenge. • Be creative and have fun! OGI Rivard/Kay: Ola Grimsby Institute 2009 14 References Annett J. 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