Low Back Pain and Breathing Pattern Disorders

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Original Editors - Verwichte Jeroen

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Databases Searched: PubMed

Keywords Searched: breathing pattern disorders, hyperventilation syndrome, low back pain, respiratory alkalosis, diaphragm

Definition/Description[edit | edit source]

A breathing pattern disorder is defined as hyperventilation or over-breathing that does not occur as a result of an underlying pathology. [1] has shown that the presence of respiratory disease such as a breathing pattern disorders is a strong predictor for lower back pain. Stronger than other established risk factors

What is defined as a normal breathing pattern:
• Abdominal, not chest breathing should initiate inhalation, which then expand outwards during inhalation.
• Lifting the chest up while breathing is faulty
• Lack of or a upwards lateral lifting pattern is faulty
• Paradoxical breathing is faulty
• Breathing that has no clavicular grooving formed by chronic chest lifting

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  1. ↑ Smith MD, Russell A, Hodges PW. Disorders of breathing and continence have a stronger association with back pain than obesity and physical activity. Aust J Physiother 2006;52:11–6.
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