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World J Orthop. Mar 18, 2020; 11(3): 158-166
Published online Mar 18, 2020. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v11.i3.158
Published online Mar 18, 2020. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v11.i3.158
Lumbar interspinous pressure pain threshold values for healthy young men and women and the effect of prolonged fully flexed lumbar sitting posture: An observational study
Martin Petersson, Department of Physiotherapy Gripen, Värmland Country Council, Karlstad SE-65224, Sweden
Martin Petersson, Allan Abbott, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping SE-58183, Sweden
Author contributions: Petersson M and Abbott A contributed to the study conception, design and data acquisition, data analysis, interpretation of data, drafting, critical revision and final approval of the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the ethics board of second cycle education at Linkoping University, Sweden.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, provided informed written consent prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interests. The authors have no financial interests.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at allan.abbott@liu.se. Participants gave informed consent for data sharing of anonymized data.
STROBE statement: This manuscript complies with the STROBE statement for reporting of observational studies.
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Corresponding author: Allan Abbott, BSc, MHSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Physiotherapist, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sandbäcksgatan 7, Linköping SE-58183, Sweden. allan.abbott@liu.se
Received: November 8, 2019
Peer-review started: November 8, 2019
First decision: December 4, 2019
Revised: February 26, 2020
Accepted: March 5, 2020
Article in press: March 5, 2020
Published online: March 18, 2020
Peer-review started: November 8, 2019
First decision: December 4, 2019
Revised: February 26, 2020
Accepted: March 5, 2020
Article in press: March 5, 2020
Published online: March 18, 2020
Core Tip
Core tip: Fully flexed lumbar sitting posture for a maximum of 15 min causes discomfort and significantly reduced lumbar interspinous pain pressure thresholds.