Stature recovery of the spine
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Background: Stature change assessments reflect changes in spinal height. Spinal compression on the disc from activities during the day exceeds the intra-discal pressure, causing fluid expulsion and decreasing disc height known as stature loss. Stature loss could increase compressive stress on structures in the lumbar spine and may stimulate nociceptor activity leading to pain. Inversely, when the spine is subsequently unloaded, these processes are reversed, leading to the elastic return of the disc, fluid inflow, and stature recovery. To date, several studies have reported the effect of the methods that can improve stature recovery. Additionally, some studies have reported significant correlations between stature recovery and levels of pain and disability. Thus, the main objective of this review article is to gather knowledge of the mechanism of the stature change, methods of the stature recovery, differences of stature recovery between healthy and low back pain individuals as well as an application in physical therapy. This current article emphasizes essential stature recovery as an alternative method to prevent the low back pain that caused by the force exerted on the disc.
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