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Novel walking pole gait pattern improves activity in an older adult with chronic low back pain

A 65-year-old woman with chronic low back pain participated in a 1-week community walking poles course. Although the participant received instruction in the standard Nordic walking method, she independently adopted a novel, modified, two-point gait pattern. Subsequently, her pain and activity tolera...

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Autores principales: Prost, Evan L, Abbott, Carmen C, Dannecker, Erin A, Willis, Brad W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8685949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34920998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-245807
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description A 65-year-old woman with chronic low back pain participated in a 1-week community walking poles course. Although the participant received instruction in the standard Nordic walking method, she independently adopted a novel, modified, two-point gait pattern. Subsequently, her pain and activity tolerance using walking poles were monitored at 6 and 12 months. The participant ambulated two times the distance and reported lower ratings of perceived exertion and pain at 6-month and 12month follow-ups when walking with poles compared with walking without poles. This case highlights the potential effect of respecting patient preference within the clinical decision-making model. Doing so empowered a participant with chronic low back pain to adopt a novel, self-selected gait pattern and improve her short-term and long-term outcomes associated with chronic musculoskeletal disease.
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spelling pubmed-86859492022-01-04 Novel walking pole gait pattern improves activity in an older adult with chronic low back pain Prost, Evan L Abbott, Carmen C Dannecker, Erin A Willis, Brad W BMJ Case Rep Case Report A 65-year-old woman with chronic low back pain participated in a 1-week community walking poles course. Although the participant received instruction in the standard Nordic walking method, she independently adopted a novel, modified, two-point gait pattern. Subsequently, her pain and activity tolerance using walking poles were monitored at 6 and 12 months. The participant ambulated two times the distance and reported lower ratings of perceived exertion and pain at 6-month and 12month follow-ups when walking with poles compared with walking without poles. This case highlights the potential effect of respecting patient preference within the clinical decision-making model. Doing so empowered a participant with chronic low back pain to adopt a novel, self-selected gait pattern and improve her short-term and long-term outcomes associated with chronic musculoskeletal disease. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8685949/ /pubmed/34920998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-245807 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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title_short Novel walking pole gait pattern improves activity in an older adult with chronic low back pain
title_sort novel walking pole gait pattern improves activity in an older adult with chronic low back pain
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8685949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34920998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-245807
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