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UTC Department of Physical Therapy Assistant Professor Max Jordon is an expert in treating lower back pain. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cEighty percent of the people have low back pain at some point; the other 20% are lying about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Max Jordon was kind of joking when he said that\u2014and kind of not. An assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Jordon is an expert in treating lower back pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cChronic low-back pain is the most prevalent disease in the world. It\u2019s the No. 1 cause for disability in this country,\u201d said Jordon who, along with his teaching duties, spends four hours a week in the Pro Bono Physical Therapy clinic offered by University Health Services at UTC.<\/p>\n

Currently, Jordon is researching the use of what\u2019s known as dry needling to gather information on lower back pain and how to treat it. Associate Professors Frank Tudini and Matthew Grubb, also in the UTC Department of Physical Therapy, are collaborating with him on the research.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like acupuncture in that we\u2019re using those small, monofilament needles, inserting them next to the spine, then using a little bit of electricity just to stimulate the muscles,\u201d Jordon explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow does that therapy affect the way that people process pain? We\u2019re trying to put a number to the pain relief that\u2019s a little bit more objective than zero to 10,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for people to really express their pain. Everybody\u2019s sensation of pain is different; everybody\u2019s pain is unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In their paper recently published in the scholarly journal Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, Jordon and his colleagues reported early results of their dry-needling research.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you need 10 minutes of it? Do you need 15? Do you need 30 minutes of it in order to get an effective treatment?\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd what we found was that a dosage as low as 10 minutes was enough to give us some pretty good results.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jordon also is part of a team that has created the PactBB, a machine-operated platform that measures the muscular control of patients with balance and mobility problems due to chronic low back pain. Data from the platform can be used to treat the physical issues.<\/p>\n

Headed by Dr. Erkan Kaplanoglu, associate professor in Engineering Management and Technology and interim department head, the team includes Jordon; Dr. Lynette Carlson, assistant professor and athletic training clinical education coordinator; Dr. Jeremy Bruce, an orthopedic surgeon at Erlanger Hospital; and Dr. Ahad Nasab, interim dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/p>\n

Kaplanoglu said Jordon has worked with him from the start of the PactBB project and played a \u201ccrucial role\u201d in it. Along with the technological aspects of the machine itself, the project needed someone with expertise in physical therapy. Jordon fit the bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides spine and upper extremity disorders expertise, he has knowledge about robotic rehabilitation. This has played a major role in guiding our engineering studies and in the success of the system. Without him, it was difficult for the project to come to this state,\u201d Kaplanoglu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe worked on what the needs of the patients were and what should be done to improve the system in this regard. He also tested the system on volunteers. He carried out studies proving the suitability and efficiency of the system with the data obtained.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike general physical therapy practice in which a patient sits on a stationary surface and is asked to perform such movements as sitting up or bending side to side, the PactBB moves instead, Jordon explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re sitting in a car, if you\u2019re on a train, anything like that, you have to adjust to your environment frequently. This provides us a way to measure somebody\u2019s ability to adjust to their environment and their ability to control their posture as they are adjusting to their environment,\u201d Jordon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this is going to be a way to evaluate patients. It gives us another touchpoint, another data point on how they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the PactBB\u2019s technology also enables it to be used for treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can get the person to sit on the platform, and we can have the board just kind of change their seating surface, see how they adjust to it,\u201d Jordon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can measure the muscles\u2019 response while the person is sitting there, and maybe from there we can start to design treatment parameters based on their responses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Updates are now being made to the PactBB system toward putting it on the market, Kaplanoglu said.<\/p>\n

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