PMID- 33082380 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210308 LR - 20240330 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Oct 20 TI - Influence of low back pain and its remission on motor abundance in a low-load lifting task. PG - 17831 LID - 10.1038/s41598-020-74707-4 [doi] LID - 17831 AB - Having an abundance of motor solutions during movement may be advantageous for the health of musculoskeletal tissues, given greater load distribution between tissues. The aim of the present study was to understand whether motor abundance differs between people with and without low back pain (LBP) during a low-load lifting task. Motion capture with electromyography (EMG) assessment of 15 muscles was performed on 48 participants [healthy control (con) = 16, remission LBP (rLBP) = 16, current LBP (cLBP) = 16], during lifting. Non-negative matrix factorization and uncontrolled manifold analysis were performed to decompose inter-repetition variability in the temporal activity of muscle modes into goal equivalent (GEV) and non-goal equivalent (NGEV) variabilities in the control of the pelvis and trunk linear displacements. Motor abundance occurs when the ratio of GEV to NGEV exceeds zero. There were significant group differences in the temporal activity of muscle modes, such that both cLBP and rLBP individuals demonstrated greater activity of muscle modes that reflected lumbopelvic coactivation during the lifting phase compared to controls. For motor abundance, there were no significant differences between groups. Individuals with LBP, including those in remission, had similar overall motor abundance, but use different activation profiles of muscle modes than asymptomatic people during lifting. FAU - Liew, Bernard X W AU - Liew BXW AD - School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, Essex, UK. bl19622@essex.ac.uk. FAU - De Nunzio, Alessandro Marco AU - De Nunzio AM AD - LUNEX International University of Health, Exercise and Sports, 50, avenue du Parc des Sports, 4671, Differdange, Luxembourg. FAU - Srivastava, Shraddha AU - Srivastava S AD - Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, 77 President Street, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. FAU - Falla, Deborah AU - Falla D AD - Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine), School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B152TT, UK. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201020 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Electromyography MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Lifting MH - Low Back Pain/*physiopathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology MH - Pelvis/physiopathology MH - Spine/physiopathology MH - *Task Performance and Analysis MH - Torso/physiopathology MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC7576852 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/10/22 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/09 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/20 CRDT- 2020/10/21 05:56 PHST- 2020/03/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/21 05:56 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-74707-4 [pii] AID - 74707 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-74707-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 20;10(1):17831. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74707-4.