GIUV2023-584
The Clinical Anatomy of the Locomotor System Research Group focuses its activity on the study of the morphology and function of anatomical structures involved in patient mobility in different clinical contexts. Therefore, most of its research activity has focused on the characterisation of anatomical-functional and biomechanical alterations of different body regions involved in locomotor system pathologies through electromyography and movement analysis techniques, and at the morphological level through cadaver dissection. The group's lines of research have frequently focused on the clinical biomechanics of low back pain. Various studies have been carried out on the characterisation of the electromyographic activity patterns of the lumbo-pelvic musculature and the movement patterns of the lumbar spine and pelvis during trunk flexion-extension in different groups of subjects with different types of stimuli and treatments, such as an increase in movement speed, the addition of loads or different starting positions. Comparisons have been made between groups of healthy subjects and patients with different types of low back pain, in pregnant women before and after childbirth and before...The Clinical Anatomy of the Locomotor System Research Group focuses its activity on the study of the morphology and function of anatomical structures involved in patient mobility in different clinical contexts. Therefore, most of its research activity has focused on the characterisation of anatomical-functional and biomechanical alterations of different body regions involved in locomotor system pathologies through electromyography and movement analysis techniques, and at the morphological level through cadaver dissection. The group's lines of research have frequently focused on the clinical biomechanics of low back pain. Various studies have been carried out on the characterisation of the electromyographic activity patterns of the lumbo-pelvic musculature and the movement patterns of the lumbar spine and pelvis during trunk flexion-extension in different groups of subjects with different types of stimuli and treatments, such as an increase in movement speed, the addition of loads or different starting positions. Comparisons have been made between groups of healthy subjects and patients with different types of low back pain, in pregnant women before and after childbirth and before and after fatigue induction, speed changes, load increases or various therapeutic techniques, such as vertebral manipulations, postural re-education, myofascial therapy or exercise-induced hypoalgesia. Motion analysis and electromyography techniques have also been used to assess other types of movements and functional responses of the locomotor system. Studies have been conducted on the reflex responses of the knee musculature to sudden stimuli in healthy subjects and in patients with hemophilic arthropathy. Furthermore, work has been done on the biomechanical characterisation of specific movements in artistic and sports activities, such as classical and Spanish dance and archery. Methodological studies have also been carried out to assess the best way to execute common maneuvers in a biomechanics laboratory. In this way, the electromyographic responses generated in different modalities of fatigue provocation maneuvers, electromyographic normalisation or exercise execution have been compared.From the group's experience with functional assessment using biomechanical techniques, we have also moved on to the functional assessment of locomotor system pathologies through different types of tests. Thus, the group has worked on the validation of tests on fear-avoidance beliefs in low back pain and functional tests in hemophilic arthropathy with the ultimate aim of being able to verify whether there are relationships between objective alterations measurable with electromyography or movement analysis techniques and the data obtained from more subjective functional tests. The fact that several of the members of the group have experience in the field of cadaveric dissection means that another of their lines of research focuses on offering a morphological correlation to various diagnostic and therapeutic techniques that target the locomotor system. Cadaveric dissection studies have been carried out to verify the effects of different surgical techniques or invasive treatment (such as the different approaches to the surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome, or botulinum toxin puncture in spastic pathology of the cervical musculature). In most of these cases, the approaches studied have been based on the use of ultrasound: the correlation between the ultrasound image of the structures of the locomotor system and their actual morphology exposed by dissection, in the different diagnostic and therapeutic applications that can be made of ultrasound, constitutes another of the group's lines of research.
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- Estudiar los factores que alteran los patrones de movimiento y actividad muscular de la region lumbopelvica (velocidad, carga, posicion de partida)
- Desarrollo de tecnicas de valoracion de la region lumbopelvica y el miembro inferior en diferentes patologias (dolor lumbar, artropatia hemofilica)
- Estudio de las adaptaciones biomecanicas de la region lumbopelvica femenina ante los cambios relacionados con la gestacion.
- Caracterizar los patrones de movimiento y actividad muscular de diferentes gestos artisticos y deportivos (danza clasica y española, tiro con arco)
- Definir las variantes optimas de maniobras habituales en estudios biomecanicos (fatiga, normalizacion), comparando sus patrones de actividad muscular
- Functional anatomy of the lumbopelvc region.Study of the movements of the lumbar spine and pelvis, as well as muscle function in both areas, in healthy subjects and their changes with different factors (speed, load and starting position).
- Clinical biomechanics of low back pain.Recording and comparison of lumbopelvic movement patterns and electromyographic activity of the trunk muscles in different types of lower back pain.
- Lumbopelvic biomechanics during pregnancy, postpartum and lactation.Study of the functional adaptations to the movements and patterns of muscle activity of the lumbopelvic region in women with changes related to pregnancy.
- Biomechanical characterization of artistic and sport movements.Study of movement patterns and electromyographic activity associated with classical and Spanish dance movements as well as sports such as archery.
- Improvement of methods for biomechanical data recording.Comparison of different variations of classical biomechanical assessment positions, such as the Biering-Sorensen test, through their effects on muscle activation. Comparison of the effects of different normalisation maneuvers on the degree of activation of the muscles in the area.
- Biomechanical analysis of haemophilic arthropathy.Use of motion analysis and electromyography techniques to study knee musculature reflex responses to sudden stimuli in healthy subjects and patients with hemophilic arthropathy.
- Validation of functional tests about the musculoskeletal system pathologies.Validation of tests on fear-avoidance beliefs in lower back pain, or functional tests of hemophilic arthropathy, to verify the relationships between the measures of electromyography techniques or movement analysis, and the data obtained from more subjective functional tests.
- Morphological correlation by cadaveric dissection of different therapeutic and diagnostic techniques related to musculoskeletal pathologies.Cadaveric dissection studies have been carried out to verify the effects of different surgical or invasive treatment techniques directed by ultrasound (surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome, botulinum toxin puncture in cervical spastic disorders).
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
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| DANIEL SANCHEZ ZURIAGA | Director | Universitat de València | |
| Research team | |||
| MARIA ANGELES PAMBLANCO VALERO | Collaborator | Conservatori Superior de Dansa de València Nacho Duato (Valencia) | Civil servant professor |
| PILAR ALBEROLA ZORRILLA | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| Joan Viñó Pérez | Collaborator | Universitat de València - Estudi General | UVEG PhD student |
| Mohamed Yassin Metmari | Collaborator | Universitat de València - Estudi General | UVEG PhD student |
| Zahim Rafael Escamilla Ugarte | Collaborator | Universitat de València - Estudi General | UVEG PhD student |
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- columna lumbar; región lumbopélvica; electromiografía; análisis de movimiento; dolor lumbar;
- columna lumbar; región lumbopélvica; electromiografía; análisis de movimiento; dolor lumbar; embarazo; postparto; lactancia;
- columna lumbar; región lumbopélvica; electromiografía; análisis de movimiento; dolor lumbar; danza; deporte; tiro con arco;
- columna lumbar; región lumbopélvica; electromiografía; análisis de movimiento; dolor lumbar; normalización; fatiga;
- electromiografía; análisis de movimiento; hemofilia; artropatía;
- columna lumbar; región lumbopélvica; electromiografía; análisis de movimiento; dolor lumbar; artropatía hemofílica; valoración funcional
- ecografía; disección; túnel carpiano; punción
