Ultrasound therapy: Dose-dependent effects in LBP treatment
| Autor: | Małgorzata Cisowska-Adamiak, Iwona Szymkuć-Bukowska, Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska, Wojciech Hagner, Wojciech Beuth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male 030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Dose Visual Analog Scale Visual analogue scale Ultrasonic Therapy Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Osteoarthritis 03 medical and health sciences Disability Evaluation 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Disabled Persons Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Aged business.industry Rehabilitation Ultrasound Lumbosacral Region 030229 sport sciences Middle Aged medicine.disease Low back pain Oswestry Disability Index Treatment Outcome Radicular pain Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Low Back Pain |
| Zdroj: | Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 32(2) |
| ISSN: | 1878-6324 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) affects most people at least once in their lives. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound therapy (UD) in patients with LBP receiving two different treatment dosages. METHODS The study design was a randomized prospective study. Patients were subjected to UD for two weeks. All persons in the study were evaluated at the Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic at the Antoni Jurasz University Hospital in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Inclusion criteria were lumbosacral pain lasting more than 8 weeks, signs of osteoarthritis on imaging studies, and ages30-65 years. Exclusion criteria were radicular pain, nonmechanical causes of pain, contraindications for UD, or the patient received other LBP therapy during the study. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RM), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) were used to evaluate the results. RESULTS For both groups, the ODI scores were significantly reduced by 13.7% and 8.84%, the RM scores decreased by 3.37 points and 3.59 points, and pain remissions on the VAS scale were 20.28 mm and 16.31 mm (p< 0.05). CONCLUSION UD decreased patients' disability levels and pain intensity. However, effective ultrasound parameters must be determined because of the wide dosage variations. |
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