AN INVIVO STUDY OF LOW-BACK-PAIN AND SHOCK ABSORPTION IN THE HUMAN LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
AN INVIVO STUDY OF LOW-BACK-PAIN AND SHOCK ABSORPTION IN THE HUMAN LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-9290(82)90031-8
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
WOSK, J
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作者:
VOLOSHIN, A;WOSK, J
The principles of a non-invasive in vivo method to quantitatively evaluate the shock absorbing capacity of the human musculoskeletal system and the correlation of this shock absorbing capacity with low back pain (LPB) symptoms are presented. The experiments involved patients suffering from LPB (as well as other degenerative joint diseases) and healthy patients. LPB correlates with the reduced capacity of the human musculoskeletal system between the femoral condyle and the forehead to attenuate incoming shock waves. Examination of the absolute values of the amplitude of the propagated waves leads to the conclusion that the human locomotor system, which possesses reduced attenuation capacity, tries to prevent overloading of the head from insufficiently attenuated shock waves. The idea that the repetitive loading resulting from gait generates intermittent waves that propagate through the entire human musculoskeletal system from the heel up to the head is supported. These waves are gradually attenuated along this course by the natural shock absorbers (bones and soft tissues). Contemporary methods for examination of the human musculoskeletal system may be improved by using the proposed non-invasive in vivo technique for quantitative characterization of the locomotor system''s shock absorbing capacity.