Clinical Lumbar Instability: Part I

Low Back Pain (LBP) continues to be a major health problem and economic burden worldwide The heterogeneous condition of LBP is categorized into subgroup. One significant subgroup of LBP is clinical lumbar instability It has been reported abnormal increase in intersegmental motion of the lumbar spine during movements on patients with clinical lumbar instability Increased movement of motion segment could provoke pain, functional disability and alter trunk muscle activations However, clinical lumbar instability is often in the absence of radiological findings Consequently, clinical criteria using the common signs or symptoms are useful for diagnosing clinical lumbar instability