The lengths of spinal curvature stretch due to the angles of sitting on saddle chair to alleviate back pain: A statistical analysis

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ramalingam Shanmugam
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Statistical Approach ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Spinal Curvature ◽  
Sitting Position ◽  
Statistical Methodology ◽  
Proportional Effect ◽  
Made In ◽  
Office Chair

BACKGROUND: By dividing the burden of one’s weight between the shins and the buttocks in the sitting position on an office or saddle chair, a person can avoid back pain. In this 21st century, sitting on a chair for long hours in workplace on office chair is unavoidable necessity and hence, millions in different countries undergo a risk for backpain. Is there a right sitting position? OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to find out how much a correlation exists between the angle of sitting and the length of spinal curvature which is the source of backpain. An experiment can be designed and carried out to measure various angles in sitting and the changing length of the person’s length of spinal cord curvature. METHOD: The usual statistical methodology requires a pair of values namely x and y to quantify the correlation. The data on sitting angles and the length of spinal curvature do not have such pairing, and hence, the traditional approach to find the correlation between the sitting angle and length of spinal curvature is not applicable. Yet, an approach is necessary. This article constructs an innovative statistical approach to fulfil this need. RESULTS: Our approach yields a correlation of 0.998 for sitting on office chair and an increased correlation of 0.999 on saddle chair, according to the Truszczy'nska-Baszaka et al.’s data. CONCLUSIONS: An adjustment is made in various angles of sitting on office chair to transform the comfortable sitting on a saddle chair. In consequence, the proportional effect on the spinal curvature is estimable with the data and it is phenomenal (that is significantly more than one). No wonder people prefer saddle chair over office chair when it comes to avoid back pain and this article proves the convenience statistically.

scholarly journals In VivoSpinal Posture during Upright and Reclined Sitting in an Office Chair

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Zemp ◽  
William R. Taylor ◽  
Silvio Lorenzetti
Keyword(s):  
Back Pain ◽  
Spinal Column ◽  
Sitting Position ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Subject Variability ◽  
Dynamic Seating ◽  
Vertebral Bodies ◽  
Back Problems ◽  
Office Chair

Increasing numbers of people spend the majority of their working lives seated in an office chair. Musculoskeletal disorders, in particular low back pain, resulting from prolonged static sitting are ubiquitous, but regularly changing sitting position throughout the day is thought to reduce back problems. Nearly all currently available office chairs offer the possibility to alter the backrest reclination angles, but the influence of changing seating positions on the spinal column remains unknown. In an attempt to better understand the potential to adjust or correct spine posture using adjustable seating, five healthy subjects were analysed in an upright and reclined sitting position conducted in an open, upright MRI scanner. The shape of the spine, as described using the vertebral bodies’ coordinates, wedge angles, and curvature angles, showed high inter-subject variability between the two seating positions. The mean lumbar, thoracic, and cervical curvature angles were29±15°,-29±4°, and13±8° for the upright and33±12°,-31±7°, and7±7° for the reclined sitting positions. Thus, a wide range of seating adaptation is possible through modification of chair posture, and dynamic seating options may therefore provide a key feature in reducing or even preventing back pain caused by prolonged static sitting.

Spinal Impairment Evaluation: Fifth Edition Changes

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Robert H. Haralson
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Fourth Edition ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Standard Terminology ◽  
Made In

Abstract The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Fifth Edition, was published in November 2000 and contains major changes from its predecessor. In the Fourth Edition, all musculoskeletal evaluation and rating was described in a single chapter. In the Fifth Edition, this information has been divided into three separate chapters: Upper Extremity (13), Lower Extremity (14), and Spine (15). This article discusses changes in the spine chapter. The Models for rating spinal impairment now are called Methods. The AMA Guides, Fifth Edition, has reverted to standard terminology for spinal regions in the Diagnosis-related estimates (DRE) Method, and both it and the Range of Motion (ROM) Method now reference cervical, thoracic, and lumbar. Also, the language requiring the use of the DRE, rather than the ROM Method has been strengthened. The biggest change in the DRE Method is that evaluation should include the treatment results. Unfortunately, the Fourth Edition's philosophy regarding when and how to rate impairment using the DRE Model led to a number of problems, including the same rating of all patients with radiculopathy despite some true differences in outcomes. The term differentiator was abandoned and replaced with clinical findings. Significant changes were made in evaluation of patients with spinal cord injuries, and evaluators should become familiar with these and other changes in the Fifth Edition.

EXTENSIVE SPINAL CORD INFARCTION AFTER POSTERIOR FOSSA SURGERY IN THE SITTING POSITION: CASE REPORT

Neurosurgery ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1512-1516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Morandi ◽  
Laurent Riffaud ◽  
Seyed F.A. Amlashi ◽  
Gilles Brassier
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Posterior Fossa ◽  
Spinal Cord Infarction ◽  
Posterior Fossa Surgery ◽  
Sitting Position

A systematic review of the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain, back and low back pain in people with spinal cord injury

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 705-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Michailidou ◽  
Louise Marston ◽  
Lorraine H. De Souza ◽  
Ian Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain Patients: 500-Hz vs. 1000-Hz Burst Stimulation

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Van Havenbergh ◽  
Tim Vancamp ◽  
Pieter Van Looy ◽  
Sven Vanneste ◽  
Dirk De Ridder
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Spinal Cord Stimulation ◽  
Chronic Back Pain ◽  
Burst Stimulation ◽  
Pain Patients

Efficacy of Transverse Tripolar Spinal Cord Stimulator for the Relief of Chronic Low Back Pain from Failed Back Surgery

2008 ◽  
Vol 3;11 (5;3) ◽  
pp. 333-338
Author(s):  
Asokumar Buvanendran
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Pain Relief ◽  
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Failed Back Surgery ◽  
Back Surgery ◽  
Stimulation Of

Background: Failed back surgery syndrome is a common clinical entity for which spinal cord stimulation has been found to be an effective mode of analgesia, but with variable success rates. Objective: To determine if focal stimulation of the dorsal columns with a transverse tripolar lead might achieve deeper penetration of the electrical stimulus into the spinal cord and therefore provide greater analgesia to the back. Design: Case report. Methods: We describe a 42-year-old female with failed back surgery syndrome that had greater back pain than leg pain. The tripolar lead configuration was achieved by placing percutaneously an octapolar lead in the spinal midline followed by 2 adjacent quadripolar leads, advanced to the T7-T10 vertebral bodies. Results: Tripolar stimulation pattern resulted in more than 70% pain relief in this patient during the screening trial, while stimulation of one or 2 electrodes only provided 20% pain relief. After implantation of a permanent tripolar electrode system with a single rechargeable battery, the pain relief was maintained for one year. Conclusion: This is case report describing a case of a patient with chronic low back pain with a diagnosis of failed back surgery syndrome in which transverse tripolar stimulation using an octapolar and 2 quadripolar leads appeared to be beneficial. The transverse tripolar system consists of a central cathode surrounded by anodes, using 3 leads. This arrangement may contribute to maximum dorsal column stimulation with minimal dorsal root stimulation and provide analgesia to the lower back. Key words: Epidural, low back pain, spinal cord stimulation, failed back surgery syndrome, tripolar stimulation

scholarly journals Spinal Cord Infarction with Aortic Dissection

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Atsuyuki Kawabata ◽  
Masaki Tomori ◽  
Yoshiyasu Arai
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Aortic Dissection ◽  
Severe Pain ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Etiological Factor ◽  
Spinal Cord Infarction ◽  
Functional Scores

Spinal cord infarction is an uncommon but devastating disorder caused by various conditions. Aortic dissection is a possible etiological factor and is usually associated with severe chest or back pain. We encountered two cases of spinal cord infarction associated with aortic dissection that presented without typical severe pain, and each case resulted in a different clinical course. Aortic dissection should be considered a cause of spinal cord infarction even if there is little or no pain. The different outcomes in our two patients reflected a difference in their initial functional scores.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN POSISI DAN LAMA DUDUK DENGAN NYERI PUNGGUNG BAWAH (NPB) MEKANIK KRONIK PADA KARYAWAN BANK

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aron Pirade ◽  
Engeline Angliadi ◽  
Lidwina S. Sengkey
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Body Position ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sitting Position ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Bank Employees

Abstract: Low Back Pain (LBP) is the most frequent musculosceletal issue found in daily work. Extenuating physical positions comprise 80-85% of the caues of  LBP. In the medical world, a lot of causes of LBP do not identify the pathoanatomical disorders. These factors are e.g.: body in static position while working and the working body position leaning heavily on the vertebra (for example: sitting in a hunched position, sitting upright without back support, or working for unsually long periods of time). Until now in Manado no study has been carried out to show the correlation between LBP and the sitting position, or the duration of work. This study aimed to find out the correlation between chronic LBP and the sitting position or the duration of work among bank employees in one of the goverment banks in Manado. The results showed that there were 69 respondents involved in this study. Chronic LBP was found in 62 respondents (90%). Up stright position while sitting was the most frequent position that caused chronic LBP in 28 respondents. The average time used for working with sitting position was 7-8 hours which caused chronic LBP among 31 respondents of the group with the work time from 11.00-13.59. A P-value of 0.000 (<0.05) showed that there was a strong correlation between sitting position and chronic LBP. Duration of work also showed a strong correlation with chronic LBP with a P-value of 0.000. Conclusion: There were strong correlations beween chronic low back pain with sitting position while working and duration of work. Keywords: chronic LBP chronic, sitting position, duration of work, bank employees.   Abstrak:Nyeri Punggung Bawah (NPB) merupakan gangguan muskuloskeletal yang paling sering dijumpai dalam aktivitas kerja. Faktor mekanik mencakup 80-85% dari keseluruhan penyebaNPB. Patoanatomi sering tidak dapat memberikan ketepatan diagnosis NPB oleh proses mekanik. Faktor mekanik yang mempercepat terjadinya gangguan NPB antara lain posisi badan yang cenderung statis, posisi badan yang cenderung memperberat kerja tulang-tulang vertebra seperti posisi badan membungkuk, tegak tanpa sandaran, dan waktu bekerja yang lama saat duduk. Hubungan NPB dengan posisi dan lama duduk belum pernah dilaporkan di Kota Manado. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan posisi dan lama duduk saat bekerja yang dapat menimbulkan NPB mekanik kronik pada karyawan bank. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan dari keseluruhan responden yang berjumlah 69 orang, didapatkan 62 responden (90%) yang mengalami NPB mekanik kronik. Posisi duduk tegak tanpa sandaran merupakan posisi terbanyak menimbulkan NPB mekanik kronik pada 28 responden. Rata-rata lama duduk bekerja 7-8 jam menyebabkan NPB pada kelompok pukul 11.00-13.59 sebanyak 31 responden. Analisis statistik menggunakan uji chi-square memperlihatkan adanya korelasi yang kuat (P = 0,000) antara posisi duduk dan NBP mekanik kronik Lama duduk juga berkorelasi kuat dengan NBP mekanik kronik (P = 0,000). Simpulan: Terdapat hubungan yang kuat antara NBP mekanik kronik dengan posisi dan lama duduk pada karyawan bank. Kata kunci: NPB mekanik kronik, posisi duduk, lama duduk, karyawan bank.

scholarly journals METHODS OF PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR STUDY IN A SPINAL INSULT

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 2565-2566
Author(s):  
Daniela Popova ◽  
Mariela Filipova
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Young People ◽  
Hemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Muscle Spasm ◽  
Spinal Cord Tissue ◽  
Blood Diseases ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Ischemic Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal stroke is a disease that is rare in neurological practice. Affects young people, mostly at the age of 30 years [2]. It may be ischemic or haemorrhagic. Etiological, ischemic spinal stroke is caused by atherosclerosis of the aorta and blood vessels of the spinal cord, muscle spasm, vasculitis, pregnancy, hemangioma or hernia [3, 4]. Hemorrhagic stroke is caused by dysplasia, tumors and blood diseases involving increased bleeding [1]. Spinal infarction most commonly develops in the basal spinal artery pool, which is responsible for the blood supply of the anterior 2/3 of the spinal cord tissue. Often, the disease starts with a sudden back pain with an enigmatic nature (in the area of the thoracic segment - Th 8), a gradually occurring weakness in the limbs and hypestesia, pelvic-tangle disorders [5]. The gait is very difficult to impossible.Purpose of the study: To test neurological tests in patients with spinal ischemic spinal cord injury. Assess their accessibility and reliability.

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