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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Bioengineering Innovations for Personalized Care in Low Back Pain: From Sensors to Smart Therapeutics.

Jiri Gallo, Michal Stefancik, Petr Mik, Lenka Lhotska

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Jiri GalloDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, University Hospital, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-7424-8653
Michal StefancikDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, University Hospital, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6485-3526
Petr MikDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, University Hospital, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0009-0004-9139-8428
Lenka LhotskaDepartment of Cognitive Systems and Neurosciences, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics, 160 00 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-0742-5645

Funding

Ministry of Health, Czech Republic FNOl, 00098892Ministry of Health, Czech Republic IGA_LF UP_2026_004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) remains one of the most prevalent and disabling musculoskeletal conditions worldwide, shaped by interacting mechanical, neurophysiological, inflammatory, vascular, and behavioral factors. Conventional care often relies on generalized exercise programs and episodic, predominantly subjective assessment, which can underrepresent inter-individual heterogeneity and longitudinal change. Recent bioengineering advances enable continuous, multimodal monitoring of objective correlates of function-neuromuscular activation and coordination (sEMG/polyEMG), movement patterns and activity exposure (IMU), and complementary physiological context (e.g., autonomic and perfusion-related signals). Rather than measuring pain directly, these signals can contextualize symptoms, support treatment stratification within non-surgical care, and enable trajectory monitoring with early non-response flags to guide timely rehabilitation adjustment under clinician oversight. When integrated with transparent, implementation-oriented analytics, biosensing can also support incremental closed-loop rehabilitation through patient-facing feedback and adaptive progression rules. This review synthesizes current and emerging biosensing approaches for LBP and highlights key translational requirements-outcome-linked validation, standardization, and workflow integration-to bridge engineering innovation with clinically usable, data-informed rehabilitation.

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adaptive rehabilitationbiomarkersbiosensorsheterogeneitylow back painpain analysispolyEMGprecision medicinewearable technology

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