Feeling stiffness in the back : a protective perceptual inference ...

We propose a new hypothesis: feelings of back stiffness are a protective perceptual construct, rather than reflecting biomechanical properties of the back. This ... Skipnavigation Home Collections ResearchOutputs Patents Theses OpenEducationalResources OutstandingWorkbyStudents DepartmentsandSchools Facilities About Search Backtoresultslist Pleaseusethisidentifiertociteorlinktothisitem: http://hdl.handle.net/10397/76023 PIRAdownloadicon_1.1View/DownloadFullText Title: Feelingstiffnessintheback:aprotectiveperceptualinferenceinchronicbackpain Authors: Stanton,TRMoseley,GLWong,AYL Kawchuk,GN IssueDate: 2017 Source: Scientificreports,292017,v.7,9681,p.1-12 Abstract: Doesfeelingbackstiffnessactuallyreflecthavingastiffback?Thisresearchinterrogatesthelong-heldquestionofwhatinformsoursubjectiveexperiencesofbodilystate.Weproposeanewhypothesis:feelingsofbackstiffnessareaprotectiveperceptualconstruct,ratherthanreflectingbiomechanicalpropertiesoftheback.Thishasfar-reachingimplicationsfortreatmentofpain/stiffnessbutalsoforourunderstandingofbodilyfeelings.Overthreeexperiments,wechallengetheprevailingviewbyshowingthatfeelingstiffdoesnotrelatetoobjectivespinalmeasuresofstiffnessandobjectivebackstiffnessdoesnotdifferbetweenthosewhoreportfeelingstiffandthosewhodonot.Rather,thosewhoreportfeelingstiffexhibitself-protectiveresponses:theysignificantlyoverestimateforceappliedtotheirspine,yetarebetteratdetectingchangesinthisforcethanthosewhodonotreportfeelingstiff.Thisperceptualerrorcanbemanipulated:providingauditoryinputinsynchronytoforcesappliedtothespinemodulatespredictionaccuracyinbothgroups,withoutalteringactualstiffness,demonstratingthatfeelingstiffisamultisensoryperceptualinferenceconsistentwithprotection.Together,thispresentsacompellingargumentagainsttheprevailingviewthatfeelingstiffisanisomorphicmarkerofthebiomechanicalcharacteristicsoftheback. Publisher: NaturePublishingGroup Journal: Scientificreports  ISSN: 2045-2322 EISSN: 2045-2322 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09429-1 Rights: OpenAccessThisarticleislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution4.0InternationalLicense,whichpermitsuse,sharing,adaptation,distributionandreproductioninanymediumorformat,aslongasyougiveappropriatecredittotheoriginalauthor(s)andthesource,providealinktotheCreativeCommonslicense,andindicateifchangesweremade.Theimagesorotherthirdpartymaterialinthisarticleareincludedinthearticle’sCreativeCommonslicense,unlessindicatedotherwiseinacreditlinetothematerial.Ifmaterialisnotincludedinthearticle’sCreativeCommonslicenseandyourintendeduseisnotpermittedbystatutoryregulationorexceedsthepermitteduse,youwillneedtoobtainpermissiondirectlyfromthecopyrightholder.Toviewacopyofthislicense,visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.©TheAuthor(s)2017ThefollowingpublicationStanton,T.R.,Moseley,G.L.,Wong,A.Y.L.etal.Feelingstiffnessintheback:aprotectiveperceptualinferenceinchronicbackpain.SciRep7,9681(2017)isavailableathttps://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09429-1 AppearsinCollections:Journal/MagazineArticle PIRAdownloadicon_1.1View/DownloadFullTextFilesinThisItem: File Description SizeFormat  Stanton_Feeling_Stiffness_Back.pdf1.87MBAdobePDFView/Open OpenAccessInformation Status openaccess FileVersion VersionofRecord Access Viewfull-textviaPolyUeLinks Showfullitemrecord Pageviews 88 LastWeek 0 Lastmonth CitationsasofJul31,2022 Downloads 35 CitationsasofJul31,2022 SCOPUSTM   Citations 19 LastWeek 0 Lastmonth CitationsasofJul28,2022 WEBOFSCIENCETMCitations 19 LastWeek 0 Lastmonth CitationsasofJul28,2022 GoogleScholarTM Check Altmetric ItemsinDSpaceareprotectedbycopyright,withallrightsreserved,unlessotherwiseindicated.