The most commonly reported outcome was range of motion .
Interpretation : The literature to date offers limited and inconsistent evidence of kinematic/kinetic measures in low back pain patients that could be used clinical ly .
HighlightsCurrent low back pain assessment relies on subjective measures .Use of objective measures ( kinematics/kinetics ) is encouraged in low back pain assessment .This review highlights the heterogeneity of studies with low back pain and healthy subjects .
Background : Currently , there is a widespread reliance on self‐reported question naires to assess low back pain patients .
However , it has been suggested that objective measures of low back pain patients ' functional status should be used to aid clinical assessment .
The aim of this study is to systematic ally review which kinematic /kinetic parameters have been used to assess low back pain patients against healthy controls and to propose clinical kinematic/kinetic measures .
Neuromuscular control of walking with chronic low-back pain.
The reported association of low-back pain and musculoskeletal disorders contributed to the examination of the lumbar spine and hip extensor activation patterns in back pain sufferers during walking . Seventeen idiopathic low-back pain male subjects and 16 healthy volunteers participated in the study .  Hip joint ROMs in the sagittal plane and neuromuscular activities of erector spinae [ L3 , T12 ] , gluteus maximus and biceps femoris were recorded on one r and omly selected body side in each group . Analysis using the Student 's t-test revealed significant differences for hip joint range of motion , stride time and significantly earlier onsets of the lumbar spine and hip extensors of the back pain sufferers compared with the healthy controls . It is assumed , that low-back disorders are related to changes of the lumbar spine and hip extensor recruitment pattern
The most commonly reported outcome was range of motion .
Interpretation : The literature to date offers limited and inconsistent evidence of kinematic/kinetic measures in low back pain patients that could be used clinical ly .
HighlightsCurrent low back pain assessment relies on subjective measures .Use of objective measures ( kinematics/kinetics ) is encouraged in low back pain assessment .This review highlights the heterogeneity of studies with low back pain and healthy subjects .
Background : Currently , there is a widespread reliance on self‐reported question naires to assess low back pain patients .
However , it has been suggested that objective measures of low back pain patients ' functional status should be used to aid clinical assessment .
The aim of this study is to systematic ally review which kinematic /kinetic parameters have been used to assess low back pain patients against healthy controls and to propose clinical kinematic/kinetic measures .