The occurrence of back pain has now reached epidemic proportions and, according to the current understanding of the development of the disease, is primarily promoted by the modern, less active lifestyle in combination with the omnipresent psychological stressors. The onset of pain leads to a further reduction in physical activity and social participation, ultimately exacerbating the condition. So how can we escape this vicious circle? In order to find sensible and sustainable solutions, we need to involve both body and mind. In the functional area of motor skills, we focus on the physical level in order to be able to provide information and solutions for targeted prevention and rehabilitation by researching fundamental relationships with regard to trunk muscle function. For example, back pain patients often have above-average strength deficits in their abdominal muscles. But which abdominal muscle training is suitable and which is not? What about the back muscles? Do back pain patients also have strength deficits here or is there something else? All these things are examined in the motor skills laboratory of the functional motor skills department.
Further information can be found on the homepage of the Experimental Trauma Surgery of the UKJ, Functional Area Motor Function and Pathophysiology
