| Author/Editor | Cikajlo, Imre; Bajuk, Slavica | |
| Title | Response latencies to postural disturbances when using a virtual reality balance trainer or wobble board in persons with low back pain | |
| Type | članek | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 9, št. 3 | |
| Publication year | 2016 | |
| Volume | str. 323-331 | |
| ISSN | 1939-5965 - International journal of child health and human development : IJCHD | |
| Language | eng | |
| Abstract | The aim of this study was twofold: first to examine whether the choice of balance training device has any influence on the overall therapeutic outcome and secondly whether it affects postural strategy in patients with low-back pain. Six patients used a Gamma trainer with virtual reality games and five patients used a wobble board. Before and after the treatment the postural responses were tested. Five out of 11 patients improved their postural responses in terms of latency and stability. The contribution of the balance training to the improvement of postural responses was not statistically significant (ANOVA, p > 0.05), but differences in the functional reaching test were statistically significant (p = 0.0215) for each group (p = 0.0419), while differences between the groups were not found significant (p = 0.1257). In spite of the small number of participating subjects, we suggest that balance training improves postural responses latencies and functional reaching in people with low back pain regardless of the choice of the balanceThe aim of this study was twofold: first to examine whether the choice of balance training device has any influence on the overall therapeutic outcome and secondly whether it affects postural strategy in patients with low-back pain. Six patients used a Gamma trainer with virtual reality games and five patients used a wobble board. Before and after the treatment the postural responses were tested. Five out of 11 patients improved their postural responses in terms of latency and stability. The contribution of the balance training to the improvement of postural responses was not statistically significant (ANOVA, p > 0.05), but differences in the functional reaching test were statistically significant (p = 0.0215) for each group (p = 0.0419), while differences between the groups were not found significant (p = 0.1257). In spite of the small number of participating subjects, we suggest that balance training improves postural responses latencies and functional reaching in people with low back pain regardless of the choice of the balance training device. training device. | |
| Keywords | virtual reality balance low back pain wobble board postural response latency navidenzna resničnost ravnotežje bolečine v hrbtenici deska wooble posturalni odziv |